Getting around in Quechua
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. 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
- Maypin baño?MAI-peen BAH-nyoh
- Where is the toilet?
- ...-man imaynataq rini?-mahn ee-mai-NAH-tahk REE-nee
- How do I get to...?
- Lloq'imanyohk-EE-mahn
- To the left
- Pañamanpah-NYAH-mahn
- To the right
- Chiqantachee-KAHN-tah
- Straight ahead
- KaypiKAY-pee
- Here
- Estaciónes-tah-see-OHN
- Train station
- Autobúsow-toh-BOOS
- Bus
- Aeropuertoah-eh-roh-PWER-toh
- Airport
- Huk boleto, allichuHOOK boh-LEH-toh AH-yee-choo
- One ticket, please
Baño is borrowed from Spanish.
Literally "how do I go to ...?".
Literally "to the left".
Literally "straight".
Laypi is there, -pi is the locative marker. Simple location words carry the conversation in mountain villages.
Spanish term. Few train lines remain; buses dominate. The Sacred Valley train to Machu Picchu is the tourist exception.
Spanish-origin word. Mountain buses are colorful, crowded and reliable. Minibuses (combis) run shorter routes.
Said in Spanish.
Boleto is ticket, Spanish-origin but universal. Bus fares are cheap; pay the driver or conductor.