Quechua PHRASEBOOK & DICTIONARY

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1 Quechua PHRASEBOOK & DICTIONARY

2 Acknowledgments Publisher Mina Patria Associate Product Director Angela Tinson Product Editor Martine Power Series Designer James Hardy Language Writer Serafín M Coronel-Molina Cover Image Researcher Naomi Parker Thanks Sasha Baskett, Helvi Cranfield, Anna Harris, Indra Kilfoyle, Chris Love, Wayne Murphy, John Taufa Published by Lonely Planet Publications Pty Ltd ABN th Edition October 2014 ISBN Text Lonely Planet 2014 Cover Image Locals on a bus, Orient/Huber, 4Corners Printed in China Contact lonelyplanet.com/contact All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be re pro duced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, ex cept brief extracts for the purpose of review, without the written per mis sion of the publisher. Lonely Planet and the Lonely Planet logo are trade marks of Lone ly Planet and are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and in other countries. Lonely Planet does not allow its name or logo to be appropriated by commercial establishments, such as retailers, restaurants or hotels. Please let us know of any misuses: Although the authors and Lonely Planet try to make the in for ma tion as accurate as possible, we accept no responsibility for any loss, in jury or inconvenience sus tained by anyone us ing this book. Paper in this book is certified against the Forest Stewardship Council standards. FSC promotes environmentally responsible, socially beneficial and economically viable management of the world s forests.

3 CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...9 Abbreviations Used in This Book PRONUNCIATION...11 Vowel Sounds Consonant Sounds Finding Your Way Directions Addresses Taxi Buying Tickets Stress Intonation GRAMMAR...17 Word Order Articles Root Words Suffixes Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Demonstratives Possessives Verbs Modals Questions Negatives Prepositions Conjunctions MEETING PEOPLE...43 You Should Know Greetings & Goodbyes Civilities Forms of Address Apologies Body Language First Encounters Making Conversation Nationalities Cultural Differences Age Occupations Feelings Breaking the Language Barrier Religion GETTING AROUND...65 Driving Train Boat Car Bicycle... 75

4 6 Contents ACCOMMODATION...77 Finding Accommodation Requests & Queries Complaints Common Interests Sport Music Talking about Travelling Staying in Touch FOOD Through the Day Special Diets Eating Out Andean Staple Dishes Homestays Departure AROUND TOWN...85 Looking For Telecommunications Sightseeing Going Out FAMILY...95 Questions & Answers Family Members TREKKING Getting Information On the Path Camping Weather Talking with Parents Talking with Children INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES Geographical Terms Fauna Flora & Agriculture SHOPPING Looking For Making a Purchase Bargaining Souvenirs Clothing Materials Colours Toiletries For the Baby Smoking Sizes & Comparisons Regional Specialities At the Market Drinks

5 Contents 7 HEALTH With the Healer Ailments Women s Health Special Health Needs Parts of the Body TIME, DATES & FESTIVALS Telling the Time Days of the Week Months Seasons Dates During the Day Festivals & National Holidays Christenings & Weddings Toasts & Condolences NUMBERS & AMOUNTS Cardinal Numbers Ordinal Numbers Fractions Amounts EMERGENCIES Police ENGLISH QUECHUA DICTIONARY QUECHUA ENGLISH DICTIONARY INDEX SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL...223

6 8 Language Map quechua Pasto Otavalo QUITO ECUADOR Cuenca Loja COLOMBIA Equator Iquitos PERU Pacific Ocean BRAZIL Equat quato r South America Atlantic Ocean Huaraz Huascarán (6768m) LIMA P A C I F I C O C E A N A n Huancayo Ayacucho d e Nazca s Cuzco Lake Titicaca Puno Arica LA PAZ Oruro BOLIVIA Cochabamba Potosí SUCRE Salar de Uyuni km 300 mi PRESENT-DAY QUECHUA- SPEAKING REGIONS Northern Quechua Central Quechua Southern Quechua A n CHILE s d e Salta Jujuy Ojas del Salado (6893m) Tucumán Santiago del Estero ARGENTINA