Exercise 7.1: Practise the interrogative dummy su-

Remember su- from chapter 5? su- is almost impossible to translate into idiomatic English because su- does not really mean anything. It is an interrogative dummy we use whenever we need to form questions about semantics contained in morphemes and endings as opposed to meaning contained in stems. In chapter 6 you met the sentence .. nalullugu suniarnerlunga ('not knowing what I wanted'). In the relative clause all meaning is contained in the morphemes +NIAR+NIR. That is a typical way to use su-. Translate the questions and negations hereunder. You need to use su- plus an ending and sometimes also a morphme. Push to play the audio, to check your answer, to play the solution, or to reveal the solution.

What kind of work does he do in Greenland?
We will do nothing!
What do you have?
What do you do?
What has he begun to?
What is your relation to him?
What will they do in Denmark?
To where?
I shall not do anything
What shall we do?
The most what?
What on earth does he do? (Use su+TUQ plus clitic UNA as exclamation)
What will you do with that?
Do you want a boy or a girl? (Use su+TAAR to expectant parents.)
What does he do?
Was it a boy or a girl? (Use su+TAAR to a new parent.)
There is nothing!
As what?
I have nothing
What will I work with?
Where?
Where do I go?
What does she want?
There is nothing
They do not do the least
What way?
Where is he now?
I do not want anything
What does she normally do?
What became of him?