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-taar-: Get a New One

Alexander StebnerCreator of Lingora · Updated 14 October 20262 min readComments

-taar- "get a new" takes the thing into the verb: "house" gives "gets a new house". A word that describes the new thing stands before the verb in the -mik form.

  • Nutaamik tujuuluttaartariaqarpunga.

    I need a new sweater. (tujuuluk "sweater" + -taar-)

  • Nutaamik atisartaartariaqarpunga. Ingannerusumik qarlinnik.

    I need new clothes. I especially need new jeans. (atisaq "piece of clothing" + -taar-: the q becomes r)

  • Kørekortitaaruma aatsaat biilersinnaalissaanga.

    I can't drive until I get a driver's license. (lit. only when I get a license)

In the course

Sentences from Lingora’s Greenlandic course

5 of the course's 500 sentences use this, the first in lesson 87. A few of them, with the words “-taar-: Get a New One” is about in bold:

  • Nutaamik biilitaarnissama tungaanut sikkilikka atortariaqarpakka.

    I have to ride my bike until I get a new car.

    Lesson 301

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