Examples
Meaning
before Patient Vb'ed
Notes
With negative contemporative endings. See the AITWG, chapter 10 for an in-depth description of this construction.
| Kalaallisut | Translation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| qaqqamukartinnanga kaffisorpunga | before I went to the mountain, I drank coffee | From qaqqamukar-, 'go to the mountain' (actually a verbalisation of the allative case). The ending is the transitive negative contemporative ending any/1sg, V{naŋa}. |
| arfininngortinnagu angerlassaanga | I shall be home before 6 o'clock | From arfininngorpoq, 'it is 6 o'clock'. |
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