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Postby ilaana » 2007-02-11, 14:49

Illillu! :D
You're welcome (singular)
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Postby Steisi » 2007-02-11, 21:01

Could I please request a small post with the names of some countries and how to say that you live and are from somewhere, or am I being cheeky? :oops:
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Postby nighean-neonach » 2007-02-11, 21:08

I had intended to write something like that anyway in one of my next "grammar and structures" topics next week or so, because I am going to show you the locative cases (= how to express "in", "to" and "from" some place) :)
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Postby Steisi » 2007-02-11, 21:17

Great! :mrgreen: I get really excited when the Greenlandic forum lights up :oops:
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Postby nighean-neonach » 2007-02-11, 21:22

Do practice a bit before you go on too fast... it's a common mistake especially with "exotic" languages that people think they can sort of inhale whole grammar tables ;) I quite liked it how Vertaler tried all the little exercises in the topics that I wrote last week.
Writing poetry in: Scottish Gaelic, German, English.
Reading poetry in: Latin, Old Irish, French, Ancient Greek, Old Norse.
Talking to people in the shop in: Lithuanian, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic, Saami.
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Postby Steisi » 2007-02-11, 21:24

I will, I will :D This is just the order in which I like to learn my thingies :lol:

I have SOOO much uni work at the moment that I need something non-compulsory like greenlandic to calm myself down. (And I haven't forgotten the saami, I promise)
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Postby nighean-neonach » 2007-02-11, 21:27

My Saami is slow-going as well at the moment, but I was so happy last week when I chatted with a Saami guy half an hour or so... we usually chat in Norwegian, because I'm too lazy to think in Saami, but I've decided I should really practice it more 8)
Writing poetry in: Scottish Gaelic, German, English.
Reading poetry in: Latin, Old Irish, French, Ancient Greek, Old Norse.
Talking to people in the shop in: Lithuanian, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic, Saami.
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Postby Steisi » 2007-02-11, 21:31

Drag him here, we need a native ;)
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Postby ilaana » 2007-02-11, 21:32

Sumi najugaqarpit? - Where do you live? (singular)
-mi najugaqarpunga - I live in...
Suminngaaneerpit? - Where are you from? (singular)
-minngaaneerpunga - I'm from..

Amerika - America
Amerikami - in America
Amerikaminngaaneerpunga - I'm from America
Europa - Europe
Europami - in Europe
Europaminngaaneerpunga - I'm from Europe
Kalaallit Nunaat - Greenland
Kalaallit Nunaammi - in Greenland
Kalaallit Nunaamminngaaneerpunga -I'm from Greenland
Qallunaat Nunaat - Denmark
Qallunaat Nunaammi - in Denmark
Qallunaat Nunaamminngaaneerpunga - I'm from Denmark
Tuluit Nunaat - England
Tuluit Nunaammi - in England
Tuluit Nunaaminngaaneerpunga - I'm from England
Russit Nunaat - Russia
Russit Nunaammi - in Russia
Russit Nunaamminngaaneerpunga - I'm from Russia
Svenskit Nunaat - Sweden
Svenskit Nunaammi - in Sweden
Svenskit Nunaamminnganeerpunga - I'm from Sweden
Schweizi - Switzerland
Schweizimi - in Switzerland
Schweiziminnganeerpunga - I'm from Switzerland
Tysklandi - Germany
Tysklandimi - in Germany
Tyskalndiminnganeerpunga - I'm from Germany
Hollandi - the Netherlands
Hollandimi - in the Netherlands
Hollandiminngaaneerpunga - I'm from the Netherlands
Europa - Europe
Europami - in Europe
Europaminngaaneerpunga - I'm from Europe

Hope that will help you until something better appears :wink:
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Postby Steisi » 2007-02-11, 21:34

You are amazing o.O! *hug*

Massakkat sinissaanga!

(Now I'll sleep)
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Postby Steisi » 2007-02-11, 21:35

Well.. I couldn't resist :D

Tuluit Nunaaminngaaneerpunga :mrgreen:
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Postby nighean-neonach » 2007-02-11, 21:37

Stacy wrote:Drag him here, we need a native ;)


He doesn't want to :( Says he doesn't like forums. Both the Saami and the Greenlandic guys I know are like that... we exchange mails and chat on Skype or ICQ.
Writing poetry in: Scottish Gaelic, German, English.
Reading poetry in: Latin, Old Irish, French, Ancient Greek, Old Norse.
Talking to people in the shop in: Lithuanian, Norwegian, Irish Gaelic, Saami.
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Postby ilaana » 2007-02-11, 21:39

Anersalu :D
I always spell it 'massakkut' :)
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Postby Steisi » 2007-02-11, 21:53

So does this glossary, but massakkat looked more finnish to me I guess and I typoed. Doh!

Massakkut sinissaanga!
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Postby ilaana » 2007-02-11, 21:57

Don't worry! At least you spelled massakk and t right :wink:
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Postby Steisi » 2007-02-11, 21:58

:lol:
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Postby ilaana » 2007-02-11, 22:03

:D
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