CULTURES OF THE ANDES
Culturas de los Andes

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Yachay Runasimita, (Quechua Ayacucho y Cuzco)
Basic Quechua Lessons
Lecciones Básicas de Quechua


Contents = Contenidos:

BASIC VOCABULARY = VOCABULARIO BASICO

Colors = colores *
Numbers = números *
Simple words = palabras simples *
Personal pronouns = pronombres personales *
Some verbs = algunos verbos *
Adjectives = adjetivos *
People = personas *
Time = el tiempo *
The human body = cuerpo humano *
Food and drinks = los alimentos *
Animals = animales *
The home = partes de una casa *
School = escuela *
Geographic names = nombres geográficos *
Quechua names = nombres de lugares *
Adverbs for location = Adverbios de lugar *
Adverbs for time = Adverbios de tiempo *
Adverbs for quantity = Adverbios de cantidad *
Interjections, (exclamations) = Interjecciones *

GRAMMAR = GRAMATICA

Grammar = Gramatica
Plural = Plural (kuna)
Present tense = Tiempo presente (n, mi, sha)
(ni, nki, n, niku, nchis, nkichis, nku)
Present participle = Participio presente (spa)
Past = Past
Preterite tense = Tiempo pretérito
(rqani, rqanki, rqa, rqanchik, rqaniku, rqankichik, rqankichik)
Indefinite preterite = Pretérito indefinido o perfecto
Past participle = Preterito participio (sqa)
Past tense = Preterito (ra, rqa)
Future tense, imperfect = Futuro imperfecto (sunchis)
(saq, nki, nqa, saqku, nkichis, nqaku)
Suffixes = Sufijos
Cha, Chi, Ku, Llam, Man, Qa, Pti, Qti, Ri, Yoq
Derivatives of the noun "wasi" = Palabras derivadas de "wasi"
Possessive = Posesivos
Ta, (Plural), Wan, Tag, Raq
Phrases = Frases *
Questions and adverbs = preguntas y adverbios *
Interrogative words and phrases = Interrogaciones *
Affirmative adverbs = Adverbios afirmativos *
Negative words = Palabras negativos, (mana, ama) *
Interrogatives adverbs = Adverbios interrogativos (manan, chu) *

DIALOG = DIALOGO

Dialogue = Diálogo *
Quechua proverbs = proverbios en quechua *
Conversation, phrases = conversación , frases *
Useful phrases = frases y cortesía
Greeting = saludos y cortesía
Getting to a town = al llegar a un pueblo
Time = la hora
House = casa
Dressing room = vestuario
Lodging = el alojamiento
Food and drinks = alimentos y bebidas
The family = la familia
The kitchen = la Cocina
Days & months = La Fecha
Comedy Dialog = diálogo comedia


AUDIO TAPE available = GRABACION en cinta

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