Exercise 7.1: Practise the interrogative dummy su-

Remember su- from chapter 5? su- is almost impossible to translate into idiomatic English because su- does not really mean anything. It is an interrogative dummy we use whenever we need to form questions about semantics contained in morphemes and endings as opposed to meaning contained in stems. In chapter 6 you met the sentence .. nalullugu suniarnerlunga ('not knowing what I wanted'). In the relative clause all meaning is contained in the morphemes +NIAR+NIR. That is a typical way to use su-. Translate the questions and negations hereunder. You need to use su- plus an ending and sometimes also a morphme. Push to play the audio, to check your answer, to play the solution, or to reveal the solution.

What on earth does he do? (Use su+TUQ plus clitic UNA as exclamation)
Where?
I have nothing
What will they do in Denmark?
We will do nothing!
What will you do with that?
There is nothing
Where is he now?
As what?
What shall we do?
I shall not do anything
What do you do?
What way?
Do you want a boy or a girl? (Use su+TAAR to expectant parents.)
What kind of work does he do in Greenland?
What does she want?
What has he begun to?
What is your relation to him?
I do not want anything
What became of him?
Where do I go?
What does she normally do?
What does he do?
Was it a boy or a girl? (Use su+TAAR to a new parent.)
There is nothing!
The most what?
What do you have?
What will I work with?
They do not do the least
To where?