Quechua PHRASEBOOK & DICTIONARY
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 36 005 607 983 4th Edition October 2014 ISBN 978 1 74321 191 5 Text Lonely Planet 2014 Cover Image Locals on a bus, Orient/Huber, 4Corners Printed in China 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 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: www.lonelyplanet.com/ip 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.
CONTENTS INTRODUCTION...9 Abbreviations Used in This Book... 10 PRONUNCIATION...11 Vowel Sounds... 11 Consonant Sounds... 12 Finding Your Way... 65 Directions... 67 Addresses... 68 Taxi... 68 Buying Tickets... 70 Stress... 15 Intonation... 16 GRAMMAR...17 Word Order... 18 Articles... 18 Root Words... 18 Suffixes... 18 Nouns... 24 Pronouns... 25 Adjectives... 29 Adverbs... 30 Demonstratives... 31 Possessives... 32 Verbs... 32 Modals... 37 Questions... 39 Negatives... 41 Prepositions... 41 Conjunctions... 42 MEETING PEOPLE...43 You Should Know... 43 Greetings & Goodbyes... 43 Civilities... 44 Forms of Address... 45 Apologies... 46 Body Language... 47 First Encounters... 47 Making Conversation... 48 Nationalities... 50 Cultural Differences... 51 Age... 53 Occupations... 54 Feelings... 56 Breaking the Language Barrier... 57 Religion... 58 GETTING AROUND...65 Driving... 70 Train... 73 Boat... 73 Car... 74 Bicycle... 75
6 Contents ACCOMMODATION...77 Finding Accommodation... 77 Requests & Queries... 78 Complaints... 81 Common Interests... 103 Sport... 104 Music... 106 Talking about Travelling... 109 Staying in Touch... 109 FOOD...133 Through the Day... 133 Special Diets... 133 Eating Out... 134 Andean Staple Dishes... 138 Homestays... 81 Departure... 84 AROUND TOWN...85 Looking For...... 85 Telecommunications... 86 Sightseeing... 87 Going Out... 91 FAMILY...95 Questions & Answers... 95 Family Members... 98 TREKKING...111 Getting Information... 111 On the Path... 114 Camping... 116 Weather... 117 Talking with Parents... 99 Talking with Children... 101 INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES...103 Geographical Terms... 119 Fauna... 120 Flora & Agriculture... 123 SHOPPING...125 Looking For... 125 Making a Purchase... 125 Bargaining... 127 Souvenirs... 127 Clothing... 128 Materials... 129 Colours... 130 Toiletries... 131 For the Baby... 131 Smoking... 131 Sizes & Comparisons... 132 Regional Specialities... 140 At the Market... 144 Drinks... 147
Contents 7 HEALTH...149 With the Healer... 149 Ailments... 150 Women s Health... 154 Special Health Needs... 154 Parts of the Body... 155 TIME, DATES & FESTIVALS...157 Telling the Time... 157 Days of the Week... 158 Months... 158 Seasons... 159 Dates... 160 During the Day... 161 Festivals & National Holidays... 162 Christenings & Weddings.. 165 Toasts & Condolences... 166 NUMBERS & AMOUNTS...167 Cardinal Numbers... 167 Ordinal Numbers... 168 Fractions... 169 Amounts... 169 EMERGENCIES...171 Police... 172 ENGLISH QUECHUA DICTIONARY...173 QUECHUA ENGLISH DICTIONARY...199 INDEX...219 SUSTAINABLE TRAVEL...223
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 0 0 250 150 500 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