Quechua: Tips and Tricks II

To get used to reading and writing in Quechua, I recommend that you start drafting an introduction about yourself to memorize and later recite. This is extremely necessary to have memorized, especially for those rainy days when you suddenly don't remember grammar rules or your mind is caught up with studying another language. I have …

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Quechua: Tips and Tricks

Music is another great way to master the fundamentals of a language. It is also something that brings people together in smiles and laughter. Listening to music in a target language can helps a learner obtain well-rounded vocabulary lists, spoken mastery, cultural knowledge, as well as being able to impress locals and possibly entice them …

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Learn Quechua: Suffixes

Pasaykamuy! Welcome! Quechua, like Mongolian and other Turkic languages, is an agglutinative language. The grammar of Quechua is built up of many suffixes that are usually attached to certain verb roots and nouns. Suffixes are essentially the building blocks for navigating information and direction in Quechua. You can also download the PDF of the Quechua …

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Learn Quechua: Verbs

From my studies of Quechua, I quickly realized that the best way to acquire basic conversational proficiency in the language to was to immerse myself in the suffixes and verb conjugations. My study plan: Learn most commonly used verbs and suffixes.Memorize and practice how to conjugate verbs. Write and recite sentences and/or dialogues using conjugations …

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Introduction to Quechua

Pasaykamuy! Welcome! The Quechua language or Runasimi (Runa= people +simi= language) is an indigenous language commonly spoken in the Andes. It is the official language of Perú and Bolivia alongside the Spanish and Aymara languages. Where Quechua is spoken in Peru. Image taken from Wikipedia In 2017, I had the opportunity to travel to Cuzco, …

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