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Vocabulary 5: Greetings, farewells and courtesy expressions in Quechua

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This time we will learn to say hello and goodbye in Quechua, in addition to other expressions of courtesy.

NroQuechuaEnglish
1¿Imaynallan kashanki?How are you?
2¿Allillanchu?What’s up? / How are you? (literally: All right?)
3¿Allillanchu kashanki?What’s up? / How are you doing? (literally: Are you ok?)
4Allillanmi kashaniI’m fine.
5AllillanmiI’m good.
6¿Qanri?And you?
7¿Iman sutiyki?What’s your name?
8Sutiymi JoséMy name is José
9PaqarinkamaSee you tomorrow
10Huk p’unchaykamaSee you soon (literally: until another day)
11TupananchiskamaGoodbye! (literally: until we meet again)
12Ama hina kaychuPlease
13Anchata kusikuniI’m so glad
14Allin p’unchay kachunGood morning / May you have a good day
15Hinallataq qanpaqpasAlso for you
16KusaGood! Excellent!

How do you say “thank you“?

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Vocabulary 2: The family in Quechua

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In this section we will see the nouns that refer to people and family members.

Family: Ayllu

Note that after centuries of living with the Spanish language, there are many Spanish words that are used daily in Quechua, this free course is not the place to discuss whether this is right or wrong; I only inform you to take it into account.

I am in favor of a language evolving and enriching itself by acquiring words and concepts from other languages that do not exist in Quechua (for example, what is related to technology, science and other modern things), but I don’t like what words that are perfectly understandable in Quechua are Spanishized.

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Vocabulary 1: Quechua language basic verbs

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To learn a language and be able to have a non-complex conversation, you don’t need much vocabulary, on average with about 800 essential words it is more than enough to start.

Little by little I will give you batches of new words so that you can learn them and enrich your vocabulary. The key is in practice, do your best to use these new words, even in your thoughts.

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