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-rusup-: Want To

Alexander StebnerCreator of Lingora · Updated 14 October 20262 min readComments

-rusup- "want to, feel like" goes before the ending. After a stem that ends in a consonant other than r it is -kkusup-.

  • Massakkut angerlarusuppunga.

    I want to go home now.

  • Kaagiliorusuppunga, kisianni manniiteqanngilanga.

    I want to bake a cake, but I don't have any eggs.

  • Kamissatit qanutut qalipaateqartikkusuppigit?

    What color shoes do you want? (-tip- + -kkusup-)

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With an Object

  • Naasoq una pisiarerusuppara.

    I want to buy this plant. (-rusuppara "I want to … it")

  • Kammassaaleqivoq. Illit kammagerusuppiuk?

    He needs a friend. Do you want to be his friend? (-rusuppiuk? "do you want to … him?")

In the course

Sentences from Lingora’s Greenlandic course

11 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 45. A few of them, with the words “-rusup-: Want To” is about in bold:

  • Massakkut angerlarusuppunga.

    I want to go home now.

    Lesson 71

  • Naasoq una pisiarerusuppara. Ininni torrassaaq.

    I want to buy this plant. It will look great in my room.

    Lesson 384

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