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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Quechua
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Quechua words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Quechua phrases in this lesson
- Iskay runapaq mesaees-KAI roo-nah-PAHK MEH-sah
- A table for two
- Menuta, allichumeh-NOO-tah, ah-YEE-choo
- The menu, please
- Ima sumaqtaq?EE-mah soo-MAHK-tahk
- What do you recommend?
- Mana ...-ta mikhunichuMAH-nah ...-tah mee-KOO-nee-choo
- I don't eat...
- ...-qa unquchiwan-kah oon-koh-CHEE-wahn
- I'm allergic to...
- AychaAI-chah
- Meat
- WallpaWAHL-pah
- Chicken
- ChallwaCHAHL-wah
- Fish
- MishkimMEESH-keem
- It's delicious
- Salud!sah-LOOD
- Cheers
Literally "what is nice?". Try quinoa soup or roast cuy, guinea pig.
Literally "... makes me sick".
Alpaca meat is common in the highlands.
Trout from Lake Titicaca.
Literally "it is sweet, it is tasty".
Borrowed from Spanish. Before drinking chicha, people spill a little on the ground for Pachamama, Mother Earth.