格陵兰人对于各种感情有奇怪的表达,这得益于格陵兰语丰富而深邃的表达方式。
- When a Greenlandic person’s sibling gets presents on his birthday, he’s not envious. He is qoorsiortoq (looking for urine).
- A Greenlandic doesn’t date a guy. She has a qungujuttagaq (someone she smiles at).
- A Greenlandic person isn’t restless and hyper. He’s iteerusimaartoq (he doesn’t have an ass).
- A Greenlandic person does not feel uncomfortable eating hot food too fast. He gets tarnikkut uulluni (the food hurts the soul inside the chest).
- A Greenlandic person is not ”surprised.” He is tingisingajappat (he almost flew away).
- When people in Greenland are cold, they don’t just stop there. They say they are “qeriliiv” (about to freeze).
- A Greenlandic person is not just drunk. He’s putoqqavoq (he has a hole).
- When a Greenlandic person gets paid from work at the end of the month, it’s not payday. It’s juulliaraq (Christmas Eve).
- When someone doesn’t clean properly, he’s cleaning palasip tungaannaa (only near the reverend/priest).
- A Greenlandic person doesn’t say never, he says tulukkat qaqortippata (when the crows turn white).
- A Greenlandic person doesn’t say ‘cheers’. He says aqajaggui (‘stomachs’, because when you raise your glass, your shirt lifts up and shows your stomach).
- When the weather is hot, a Greenlandic person is not sweating. He’s ipilerpoq (drowning).
- A Greenlandic person is not full. He is qaaliivippoq (about to blow up).
转自matadornetwork