Some grammar and structures - part 8

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Postby nighean-neonach » 2007-02-04, 16:50

atuarpit?
atuarpa?
atuarpisi?
atuarp[s](p)[/s]at?

:)

What was it you did not understand in my posting above? I basically just put your sentence into 2nd person, and I used the attribute verb silatuvoq in 2nd person as well :)
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Postby Steisi » 2007-02-04, 16:51

It was too much all at once :lol:
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Postby nighean-neonach » 2007-02-04, 16:59

Awww, go slowly :)
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Postby nighean-neonach » 2007-02-07, 11:50

Ikinngutiga atuarpoq.
Ikinngutitit silatupput.
Qimmikka ajorput.
Uiga nerivoq.
Illuga mikivoq.
Illut angiva?
Biiliat ajunngilaq.

Or what about:
His shop is big.
My friend is small.
Our house is not red.
Your newspaper is dirty.
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Postby Vertaler » 2007-02-07, 14:33

Ikinngutiga atuarpoq. - [spoiler]Mein Freund liest[/spoiler]
Ikinngutitit silatupput. - [spoiler]Deine Freunde sind klug.[/spoiler]
Qimmikka ajorput. - [spoiler]Meine Hunde sind schlecht[/spoiler]
Uiga nerivoq. - [spoiler]Mein Ehemann ißt[/spoiler]
Illuga mikivoq. - [spoiler]Mein Haus ist klein[/spoiler]
Illut angiva? - [spoiler]Ist dein Haus groß?[/spoiler]
Biiliat ajunngilaq. - [spoiler]Ihr Auto ist nicht schlecht[/spoiler]

His shop is big. - [spoiler]Pisiniarfia angivoq[/spoiler]
My friend is small. - [spoiler]Ikinngutiga mikivoq[/spoiler]
Our house is not red. - [spoiler]Illorput aappalunngillaq[/spoiler]
Your newspaper is dirty. - [spoiler]Aviisit ipertuvoq[/spoiler]

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Postby nighean-neonach » 2007-02-07, 18:04

Woohoo :D A lurker, and a clever one! :waytogo:
There's one little typo (or so I think) - one L too many in the second last sentence, but everything else looks alright :)
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Re: Some grammar and structures - part 8

Postby deardron » 2008-01-22, 9:19

I've got a question, why there's different markers for 3 person sg. and pl. in the case of plural substantives:
nighean-neonach wrote:qimmii = his/her dogs
qimmii = their dogs

ikinngutai = his friends
ikinngutaat = their friends

Can there be a typo in 'qimmii - their dogs? I'd suspect here 'qimmiat' following the example of 'ikinngutaat'.

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Postby deardron » 2008-01-22, 9:57

Another question about this one:
nighean-neonach wrote:qimmira = my dog

Why is it not 'qimmera'?


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