Explore the examples below at your own pace. Choose a small set, recall it without looking, and return to it in your next practice session.
HiAluu
What is your name?Qanoq ateqarpit?
Nice to meet youNuanneq naapillutit
How are you?Qanoq ippit?
I'm good, thanksAjung illit qujan(aq)
And you?Illimmi?
Language and Age Phrases
Do you speak (English/Greenlandic)?(Tuluttut/ Kalaallit) oqalusinnaavit?
Does she speak Chinese?Kinamiutut oqaluttarpa?
A little bitImmannguaq
How old are you?Qassinik ukioqarpit?
I'm 33 years old33-nik ukioqarpunga
It was nice talking to youOqalugatigalutit nuannaraara
What do you mean?Qanoq isumaqarpit?
I don't understandPaasinngilara
I don't knowNalunarpunga
SorryUtoqqatserpunga
What is that called in Greenlandic?Qanoq Kalaallisut oqartapisi?
What does that word mean in English?Qanoq Tuluttut oqartapisi?
Where are you from?Suminngaaneerpit?
I'm from the U.SUSA-minngaaneerpunga
I'm AmericanUSA-minngaaneerpunga
Where do you live?Sumi najugaqapit?
I live in the U.SUSA-najugaqarpunga
What do you do for a living?Sulerisuuit?
I'm a studentilinniarnertooquvunga
Can I help you?Ikiorsinnaavakkit?
Can you help me?Ikiulaannga?
Where is the airport?Naak timmisartut mittarfiat?
Go straightSiumuinnaq ingerlagit
ThenTaava
Turn leftSaamimmut
Turn rightTalerpimmut
Holiday Wishes Phrases
Happy birthdayInuinni Pilluarit
Happy new yearUkiortaami Pilluarit
Merry ChristmasJuullimi Pilluarit
Good luckPilluarit
CongratulationsPilluarit
I have a reservationInniminneereerpunga
Do you have rooms available?Inissaateqarpit?
I would like a non-smoking roomPujortarfiunngitsumiikkumavunga
How much it costs per night?Unnuineq qanoq akeqarpa?
WaiterSaqisoq
How much is this?Qanoq akeqarpa?
What is this?Sunaana?
Are you okay?Ajunngilanga?
I need a doctorNakorsamik pisariaqartitsivunga
HelpIkiunnga
Call the ambulanceAmbulancenut sianeritsi
Call the policePotitiimik sianeritsi
I am sickNapparsimavunga