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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Greenlandic
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Greenlandic words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Greenlandic phrases in this lesson
- Nerrivik marlunnutner-REE-vik mahr-LOON-noot
- A table for two
- Menu, ikinngutinnersumikMEH-noo, ee-king-oo-tin-ner-SOO-mik
- The menu, please
- Suna mamarnerpaava?SOO-nah mah-mar-ner-PAH-vah
- What do you recommend?
- ...nerisarinngilaraneh-ree-sah-ring-NGEE-lah-rah
- I don't eat...
- ...allergiqarpungaah-ler-gee-KAHR-poo-ngah
- I'm allergic to...
- NeqiNEH-kee
- Meat
- TimmiaqTIM-mee-ahk
- Chicken
- Aalisagaqah-lee-SAH-gahk
- Fish
- Mamarpoqmah-MAHR-pok
- It's delicious
- Kasuutta!kah-SOOT-tah
- Cheers
Literally "a table for two".
Literally "what is the tastiest?". Expect musk ox, reindeer or Greenland halibut.
Literally "I don't usually eat it".
The Danish word allergi with a Greenlandic ending.
Seal and whale meat are everyday food, especially outside Nuuk.
Literally "bird". Menus often use the Danish kylling.
Literally "something fished".
Literally "let us clink".