Art & Museums

1. Eqqumiitsulianik katersugaasivik sumiippa?

   Where is the art museum / gallery?

   Usage

   Used to ask the location of an art museum or gallery

   Grammar Note

   katersugaasivik means "museum". A gallery can be eqqumiitsulianik katersugaasivik ("museum of artworks"). X sumiippa? is the basic form for asking where something is

2. Qaqugu ammartarpa?

   What are the opening hours?

   Usage

   Used to ask about the opening hours

   Grammar Note

   ammarpoq is the intransitive "opens" (ammarpaa is "opens it"). Inserting the habitual -tar- turns it into "when does it usually open?". Future "when" is qaqugu; the past counterpart is qanga.

3. Isernissaq qanoq akeqarpa?

   How much is the entrance fee?

   Usage

   Used to ask about the admission fee

   Grammar Note

   "Free admission" is iserneq akeqanngilaq. Remove the negation and add qanoq to get the form for asking the price

4. Audioguide-qarpisi?

   Do you have an audio guide?

   Usage

   Used to ask if an audio guide is available

   Grammar Note

   -qarpoq means "have / there is"; the 2nd-person-plural interrogative ending is -pisi (cf. sutorpisi? "what did you drink?"). There is no native word for "audio guide", so the loanword is used.

5. Kalaallit eqqumiitsuliaat sumiippat?

   Where is the collection of local / traditional art?

   Usage

   Used to locate the traditional art collection

   Grammar Note

   With a 3pl possessor and a plural possessum the form is eqqumiitsuliaat, and with a plural subject sumiippa takes the 3pl ending: sumiippat.

6. Eqqumiitsuliaq una kusanarpoq — kina eqqumiitsuliortartoq?

   This artwork is stunning — who is the artist?

   Usage

   Used to ask who created a specific artwork

   Grammar Note

   "This X" puts the demonstrative una after the noun. kina is "who".

7. Suliap assilisaa pisiarisinnaavara?

   Can I buy a print / reproduction of this work?

   Usage

   Used to ask about buying a print or reproduction

   Grammar Note

   assilisaq is "copy, reproduction" (from assilivaa "copies it"). pisiaraa is "buys it".

8. Takornarniartitsinermik peqarpisi?

   Is there a guided tour available?

   Usage

   Used to ask if a guided tour is available

   Grammar Note

   takornarniartitsineq (rundvisning) = guided tour. peqarpoq "has, there is" governs the instrumental -mik, and staff are addressed with the 2pl ending -pisi.

9. Eqqumiitsuliornermik pikkorissaqataarusuppunga.

   I'd like to attend an art workshop.

   Usage

   Used to express interest in joining an art workshop

   Grammar Note

   pikkorissaqataavoq (deltager i et kursus) = takes part in a course. Pikkorissarneq is a course or training. Inserting the desiderative -rusup- before the 1sg ending -punga yields "I would like to take part". The subject of the course goes in the instrumental -mik.

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