£Jerry Saddoc
£A grammar of West Greenlandic
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£p. 23
Meeqqat pinnguarput.
£child.pl.abs play.pl3
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Meeraq pinnguarpoq.
£child.sg.abs play.sg3
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Meeqqap qimmiaraq pinnguaqatiiga.
£child.erg.sg puppy.abs.sg play.ind.3s.3s 
£The child is playing with a puppy.
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Meeqqap qimmiaqqat pinnguaqatigai.
£child.e.sg. puppy.a.pl play.ind
£The child is playing with the puppies
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Meeqqat qimmeraq pinnguaqatigaat.
£The children are playing with the puppy.
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£p. 24.
Naak anaana?
£Where is mother?
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Anaana sumiippa?
£Where is mother?
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Aajuku aqissit.
£Here are ptarmigans.
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Aallassasoq tassa Joorut.
£The onw who will leave is Joorut.
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Peqqusara tassa aallassanngitsusi.
£My request is that you not leave.
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Ilalu Nuup eqqaani iliverpassuit.
£Indeed, there are many cementaries in the vicinity of Nuuk.
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Piniartumuna nanoq toqukkaa.
£It was the hunter (piniartup) that killed (toqukkaa) the bear (nanoq)
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Nanoruna piniartup toqukkaa.
£It was the bear that the hunter killed.
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£p. 25
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Illumut iseriallarami pinneqisoq.
£house.all.s enter.psub.3rs pretty-very.aprt.abs.3s
£upon entering the house (she saw) a very pretty one.
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£p. 30
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Toquvoq.
£She died.
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Puisimik takuvoq.
£S/he sees a seal.ins 
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Nuummi najugaqarpoq.
£He lives in Nuuk (Nuuk.loc)
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Issiavimmik inimut eqqussivoq.
£chair.ins.s room.all.s
£S/he brings a chair into the room
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Hansimit anneruvoq.
£Hansi.all
£He is bigger than Hans.
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Ataatamisut angitigaaq.
£father.equ.3r.n
£He is as big as his father.
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Kangerlukkut ikaarpoq.
£fjord.per.n
£S/he crosses over a/the fjord.
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£p. 31.
Takuarput.
£we see it.
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Nerrivimmut ilivaa.
£S/he puts it on the table(all).
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Atuakkamik tunivaa.
£book.ins.s
£He gives her a book.
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Meeqqamut tunniuppaa.
£child.all.s
£He gave it to a child.
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Illumit peerpaa.
£house.all.s
£He removed it from the house.
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£Ikaartarfikkut ikaartippaa.
£bridge.per.s
£He let him cross the bridge.
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Palasiuvoq.
£He is a priest.
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Palasinngorpoq.
£He becomes a priest.
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Palasigaa.
£He has her as a priest.
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Palasiuvoq tusaamasaq.
£She is a famous priest.
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Palasinngorpoq tusaamasaq.
£He became a famous priest.
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Kaalip palasigaa tusaamasaq.
£Karl has him as a famous priest.
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Hansimik ateqarpoq
£Hansi.ins.s name-has.ind.3s
£His name is Hansi
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Piitaq Nukamik taasarparput.
£Nuka.ins.s call.hab.ind.1p.3s
£We call Peter Nuka.
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Qanoq ilioriarsinnaanngitsutut misigaaq.
£how be.unable.to.do-aprt.equ.n feel.ind.s
£He felt unable to do anything.
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Hansi orpittut angitigaaq.
£h. tree.equ.s beg-be.as.ind.3s
£Hansi is as big as a tree.
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Kalaallisut ippoq.
£greenl.equ.n
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Nuummi ippoq
£he is in Nuuk.
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£p. 32
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£Kaalip nalunngilaa aallassasunga.
£k. not.know.neg.ind.3s.3s leave.fut.part.1s
£Karl knows that I will leave.
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£p. 33
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£Peqqissimissutigisarpara taamaliorakkit.
£regret.hab.ind.1s.3s do.that.way.psub.1s.2s.
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Nuummi najugaqarneq saperpunga.
£nuuk.loc.s dwell.anom be.unable.ind
£I cannot live in Nuuk.
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Napparsimalluni oqarneq ajorpoq.
£ill.conj.3rs say.anom never.ind.3s
£He never says he is ill.
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Immaqa Uliina sinippoq.
£perhaps U.abs.s sleep.ind.3s
£Perhaps Uliina is sleeping.
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£p. 34.
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£Nuummut pigamik unipput.
£nuuk.all.s arrive.psub.3rp stop.ind.3p
£When they got to Nuuk, they stopped.
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£p. 35.
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Puisip neqaat aamma qalerallit tunivaat.
£seal.abs seal.abs and halibuts.abs sold 
£They sold seal meat and halibuts.
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£p. 36.
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Kaalip ataataat issiaviit toquppaa.
£(N-rel N-abs)subj (N-rel)obj tv.

Kaalip Hansip Paviallu ataataat.
£Karl's, Hans's and Pavia's father
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£p. 40
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Nukappiaqqap issiaviit sanavai.
£boy.erg.s chair.abs.p make.ind.3s.3p
£The boy made the chairs.
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Nukappiaraq issiavinnik sanavoq.
£boy.abs.s chair.ins.p make.ind.3s
£The boys made chairs.
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£p. 41
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Issiaviit nukappiaqqamit sananeqarput.
£chair.dir.p boy.abl.s make.pass.ind.3p
£The chairs were made by a boy.
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Niviarsiaraq qaqqamut majuarpoq
£girl.abs.s mountain.all.s ascend.ind.3s
£the girl climed thye mountain
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Niviarsiaqqap qaqqaq majuarfigaa.
£girl.erg.s mountain.abs.s ascend.ind.3s.3s
£The girl climbed the mountain.
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Sanavai.
£she made them.
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Sanavoq.
£She was making something
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Sananeqarput.
£they were built.
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Hansip illortik ilisarinngilaa.
£house.abs.3rp.s
£Hans-i did not recognise their-i house.
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£p. 42.
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