-ner
Greenlandic
Affix
-ner (v-v?, additive?)
- (participial or contemporative) whether
- 1998, Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq, p. 13-14
- Oqaatsip naggataani takuneq ajornanngilaq fælleskønniunersoq imaluunniit intetkønniunersoq: mand - manden, hus - huset (tak. qupp. 17).
- From the word's ending, one may determine whether it is common gender or neuter gender: mand - manden, hus - huset (see p. 17).
- Oqaatsip naggataani takuneq ajornanngilaq fælleskønniunersoq imaluunniit intetkønniunersoq: mand - manden, hus - huset (tak. qupp. 17).
- 1998, Oqaatsinut Tapiliussaq, p. 13-14
- I wonder if
Usage notes
In the "whether" sense, the contemporative and participial are used when the subjects coincide and differ, respectively.
References
- Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 136, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
- Vestgrønlandsk grammatik, p. 135, F.A.J. Nielsen, 2014
- -ner in Katersat
- Bjørnum, S.: Grønlandsk Grammatik, p. 248. 2003 Atuagkat.
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