Mar 5, 2009

Quechua words

Greetings readers! Allin p'unchay! Today I'm gonna give you some vocab for Quechua, the most spoken language native to the Americas. Quechua is spoken by approximately 10 million people in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, and Chile. It is the language from which we got the English words coco, condor, jerky, llama, and many others.
So here is a vocab list for you. Use it the next time you visit the Andes. Quechua words are written in light blue.

1=huq
2=iskay
3=kinsa
4=tawa
5=pisqa
6=suqta
7=qanchis
8=pusaq
9=isqun
10=chunka
Good morning=Wuynas diyas (taken from Spanish)
Good day=Allin p'unchay
Good afternoon=Wuynas tardis (also from Spanish)
Good evening/night=Allin tuta
Hello=Rimaykullayki
Goodbye=Huq kutikama
Please=Allichu
Thank you=Anaychayki
I=Nuqa
You=Qan
He/She=Pay
We (you, me, and them)=Nuqanchis
We (them and me)=Nuqayku
You (plural: "you guys", "y'all")=Qankuna
They=Paykuna
Yes=Ari
No=Mana
Do you speak Quechua?=Runasimita rimankichu?
Do you speak Spanish?=Kastillanuta rimankichu?
Do you speak English?=Inlista rimankichu?