Re: Greenlandic: 4th Person?
From: | Henrik Theiling <theiling@...> |
Date: | Friday, September 5, 2008, 15:08 |
Hi!
Eldin Raigmore writes:
>...
> Isir-puq ingil-lu-ni-lu.
>...
> Pilirtuttumik irrui-vuq ini-mi-nul-lu majuar-lu-ni.
>...
Was that an exact copy of what was written in that book/paper?
Because it should be -poq and -voq instead of *-puq and *-vuq.
Kalaallisut has an /a i u/ vowel system and before uvulars, /u/ is
pronounced as [o] or even [O] and thus written as _o_.
The underlying ending is often written as 'Vuq', but is realised as
either -poq or -voq or -por- or -vor- (and maybe even -pu- and -vu,
although I don't remember an example), depending on phonological
context.
**Henrik