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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Greenlandic

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. 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.

The town of Tasiilaq on the east coast of Greenland
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Filip Gielda, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Greenlandic phrases in this lesson

Ataaseqah-TAH-sek
One
MarlukMAHR-look
Two
PingasutPEE-ngah-soot
Three
SisamatSEE-sah-maht
Four
TallimatTAHL-lee-maht
Five

From talleq, an arm: one hand of fingers.

Arfinillitahr-fee-NEEL-lit
Six
Arfineq-marlukahr-FEE-nek MAHR-look
Seven

Literally "six-two".

Arfineq-pingasutahr-FEE-nek PEE-ngah-soot
Eight
Qulingiluatkoo-lee-ngee-LOO-aht
Nine
QulitKOO-lit
Ten

Above twelve most people count in Danish.

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