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Exercise 7.1: Practise the interrogative dummy su- « Greenlandic for Foreigners 2 « Learn Greenlandic

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