Order anything by pointing in Greenlandic
I would like, this one, how much, the bill: survive any counter or menu. 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 11 Greenlandic phrases in this lesson
- ...piumavarapee-oo-MAH-vah-rah
- I would like...
- UnaOO-nah
- This one
- Qanoq akeqarpa?KAH-nok ah-keh-KAHR-pah
- How much is it?
- Akilissavaraah-kee-lis-SAH-vah-rah
- The bill, please
- Kortimikkor-TEE-mik
- By card
- Aningaasanikah-ning-AH-sah-nik
- In cash
- ImeqEE-mek
- Water
- KaffiKAHF-fee
- Coffee
- Tiitee
- Tea
- Immiaaqim-mee-AHK
- Beer
- ...-qanngitsoq-kahng-NGIT-sok
- Without...
Literally "I want it": "kaffi piumavara", I would like a coffee.
Point and say it.
Literally "how is its price?". Prices are in Danish kroner.
Literally "I will pay for it", the natural way to ask for the bill.
Cards are used almost everywhere, even in small settlements.
Literally "with money".
Greenland's tap water is meltwater-clean.
Coffee is central to the kaffemik, the open-house celebration where anyone may drop in for coffee and cake.
Beer is expensive and alcohol sales are restricted in some towns.
A suffix meaning "without": "sukkuaqanngitsoq", without sugar.