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Greenlandic
Pronunciation
Suffix
-sima (v-v?, additive?)
- Denotes perfective aspect, completed action.
1982 August 4, “Qalasersuaq kujalleq Ammassalimmut nuunneqarallartoq”, in Atuagagdliutit / Grønlandsposten:Michael Treen oqaluttuarpoq Ammassalik toqqarneqarsimasoq pissusiata sikuijuitsumut kujallermut eqqaanarnera pissutigalugu.- Michael Treen relates that Ammassalik was chosen because of the similarity of its nature to that of the Antarctic Ocean .
- 1992, Erik Münster (quoting anonymous), "Kinguaassiuutikkut nappaataava", Atuagagdliutit
Pasipiluppara kinguaassiuutitigut nappaat herpes pineqarsoralugu, tassami pineqartumut receptimi allassimammat tarnut Zovirax.- I strongly suspect that the person in question has the venereal disease of herpes, for a prescription for Zovirax cream was written to the person in question.
1988, “AIDS-INFO”, in Atuagagdliutit:Naqitigaaqqat AIDS pillugu paasisitsiniutit Afrikami kujallermi umiarsualivinnut agguaanneqarsimapput umiartortut nappaassuarmut ulorianartumut taassumunnga mianersoqquniarlugit, ...- Pamphlets informing about AIDS were distributed to harbours in South Africa, so as to warn sailors against this dangerous big disease , ...
1992 August 21, “Usuni kipigaa”, in Atuagagdliutit, page 11:Qanittukkut aviisini eqqartorneqarpoq qallunaap usuni kipisimagaa nuliama itigartitsiuarnera naalliuutigingaaramiuk.- Recently, there was a story in the papers about a Dane who cut off his penis because he was very pained by his wife's persistent rejections.
1992, “Meeqqakka”, in Atuagagdliutit/Grønlandsposten:Ernerput anguteqatiminoortartunngorsimavoq (19-inik ukioqarluni paasineqarpoq), niviarsiararlu nukarleq arnaqatiminoortartunngorsimalluni.- Our son has become gay (it was discovered when he was 19 years old), and the youngest girl has become a lesbian.
- Denotes that the speaker is certain of something, without having personally experienced it.
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