Inuit lady in traditionnal dress's by plancarpin

Kulusuk - Greenland Inuit is the common name for the people of Greenland, as well as the their language, belonging to the eskimo-aleut classification. this difficult language is polysynthetic, meaning one single word aggregates many elements of a sentence. For ex. : "I would like to go to school" is translated as "atuarfimmukarniara-luarpunga". For my own experience, I learned "Meriannguvunga", which means "I feel seasick"...

Uploaded: Aug, 04 2010 | Taken: Jul, 12 2010| Viewed: 26 times  | 5 votes Camera: Panasonic | Model: DMC-FZ50 | Exposure 10/6400s, ISO 100 | FLength: 14mm | SW: ACD Systems Digital Imaging

pesu - Aug, 04 2010 01:08pm Another great portrait! Hope you hadn't to use the sentence you learnt. ;-) jacko1 - Aug, 04 2010 03:08pm I agree with your sentiments Petra or even the difference between 'learnt & learned' is there any? mistybleu - Aug, 04 2010 03:08pm I'm sure that would be the first phrase I would learn also.... pesu - Aug, 04 2010 03:08pm Haha, Tony, you can ask questions... I've learned 'learnt' but this was a century ago thus it might be quite old-fashioned... ;-) jacko1 - Aug, 04 2010 03:08pm Petra, Amanda, there is no difference, they both mean the same!!!! jacko1 - Aug, 04 2010 03:08pm Ouch! I have just had my legs slapped by a greater authority: (my wife) Learnt & learned mean the same but learn-ed is to have learnt or learned, don't blame me friends, I'm a Cockney:-) plancarpin - Aug, 05 2010 05:08am hey friends, nice to see that inuit language can generate such subtil exchanges! and , no Petra, I did not use it..but still keep in mind.. knowing how to say "I feel seasick" in greenlandic could be useful in the Oman Sultanate ! who knows ... ;-)