VOCABULARY

Question 1

Language

Answer 1

Shimita

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

Nuka Yachani

Question 3

How do you say I learn Kichwa Language?

Answer 3

Nuka Kichwa Shimita Yachani

Question 4

How do you say Second person Singular - you?

Answer 4

Kan

Question 5

How do you say MY MOTHER?

Answer 5

mamawan

In this context wan = with so Mamwan = with my mother

Question 6

How do you say First Person Singular - I ?

Answer 6

Nuka

Question 7

What is the pronoun for Third Person Singular? The term that refers to the person, animal or thing being spoken about.

Answer 7

pay

= She/He/It

Question 8

How do you say He/She/It eats?

Answer 8

“He/She/It eats” = Pay mikun

The suffix “-n” is used for the third-person singular (he/she/it).

Question 9

What is the word for “you live” in the second person singular form?

What suffix allows the word “to live” to become “you live”?

Answer 9

Kan Kawasanki

This form of the verb is conjugated with the suffix “-nki,” which is use

Question 10

Break down the word Kawasanki to its root verb + suffix -nki.

Answer 10

Kawa-: The root verb “kawa” means “to live.”

-nki: This suffix indicates the second person singular, which corresponds to “you” in English.

Question 11

How might you now write “YOU LIVE WITH HIM/HER”?

Answer 11

Kan paywan kawasanki

Question 12

How do you say my name is Savithri?

Answer 12

Nuka Savithri Kani

Question 13

What does kani mean?

Answer 13

I am

Question 14

How is the verb “to live” conjugated to “I live”? What is the suffix that is used?

Answer 14

Suffix is -ni.

Kawsani

Question 15

What is the verb for “to live”?

Answer 15

Kawa

Question 16

What is the suffix that indicates first person singular?

Answer 16

-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).

Question 17

Now write the sentence “I live”.

Answer 17

Nuka Kawasani

Question 18

Conjugation: What does this term mean?

Answer 18

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.

Question 19

How do you say the Third Person Singular “We”?

What is the suffix that denotes ‘we’?

Answer 19

Nukanchik

suffix = -nkichik

Question 20

What is the suffix for Second Person Plural (Inclusive)? This form uses the speaker and the listener(s) in the action.

Answer 20

-nchik

Question 21

How do you say “We live in the Village”?

Answer 21

“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

Question 22

What is the word for village?

Answer 22

llakta

“Ll” is pronounced as “y” sound, as in ‘yes’.

Question 23

What is the VERB for “to learn”

Answer 23

Yachay

Question 24

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.

Answer 24

-pi
You attach “-pi” to a noun to show that something is happening in or at that place.

Question 25

Now write the sentence, “I live in the Village”.

Answer 25

Nuka llaktapi kawasani