VOCABULARY Flashcards
Language
Shimita
How do you write I Learn or I Know - the first person singular verb form in Napo Kichwa?
Used when the speaker is talking about their own actions.
Nuka Yachani
How do you say I learn Kichwa Language?
Nuka Kichwa Shimita Yachani
How do you say Second person Singular - you?
Kan
How do you say MY MOTHER?
mamawan
In this context wan = with so Mamwan = with my mother
How do you say First Person Singular - I ?
Nuka
What is the pronoun for Third Person Singular? The term that refers to the person, animal or thing being spoken about.
pay
= She/He/It
How do you say He/She/It eats?
“He/She/It eats” = Pay mikun
The suffix “-n” is used for the third-person singular (he/she/it).
What is the word for “you live” in the second person singular form?
What suffix allows the word “to live” to become “you live”?
Kan Kawasanki
This form of the verb is conjugated with the suffix “-nki,” which is use
Break down the word Kawasanki to its root verb + suffix -nki.
Kawa-: The root verb “kawa” means “to live.”
-nki: This suffix indicates the second person singular, which corresponds to “you” in English.
How might you now write “YOU LIVE WITH HIM/HER”?
Kan paywan kawasanki
How do you say my name is Savithri?
Nuka Savithri Kani
What does kani mean?
I am
How is the verb “to live” conjugated to “I live”? What is the suffix that is used?
Suffix is -ni.
Kawsani
What is the verb for “to live”?
Kawa
What is the suffix that indicates first person singular?
-ni
“-ni” is the suffix for first person singular (I) in Napo Kichwa verbs.
It is used to conjugate verbs when the subject is “I” (nuka).
Now write the sentence “I live”.
Nuka Kawasani
Conjugation: What does this term mean?
It refers to the way verbs change their form to express different aspects of their use. (1) WHO (2) WHEN or (3) NUMBER (4) GENDER of the subjects involved.
How do you say the Third Person Singular “We”?
What is the suffix that denotes ‘we’?
Nukanchik
suffix = -nkichik
What is the suffix for Second Person Plural (Inclusive)? This form uses the speaker and the listener(s) in the action.
-nchik
How do you say “We live in the Village”?
“Ñukanchik llaktapi kawsanchik.
Ñukanchik = We (inclusive)
Llaktapi = in the village (where “llakta” means “village” and “-pi” is a locative suffix meaning “in”)
Kawsanchik = we live
What is the word for village?
llakta
“Ll” is pronounced as “y” sound, as in ‘yes’.
What is the VERB for “to learn”
Yachay
In Kichwa what is the locative suffix, which is used to indicate the location or place where an action takes place? It is similar to saying “in,” “at,” or “on” in English.
-pi
You attach “-pi” to a noun to show that something is happening in or at that place.
