How to use adjectives in Quechua

How to use adjectives in Quechua

You want to learn how to use adjectives in Quechua? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Quechua lessons complete with useful examples. Big, small, happy, sad... we'll teach you all you need to know about Quechua adjectives.

Quechua adjectives

Adjectives are generally used to describe nouns. Adjectives come before the noun in Quechua just like in English.

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sinchi p'asña
the strong girl
umayuq p'asña
the smart girl
tullu p'asña
the skinny girl
wira p'asña
the fat girl
munaycha p'asña
the pretty girl
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Basic words and phrases in Quechua

Learn to get by in Quechua with these useful words and phrases. These essential phrases cover everything from Quechua greetings to business and workplace communications to love and dating.

kay runa
this man
kay liwru
this book
kay wampar
this table
kay warmi
this woman
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Step 7 : Adjectives in Quechua

Adjectives are used to describe nouns. To get started, we suggest you learn the three Quechua adjectives jatun, huch'uy and thanta (big, small, old). Using the nouns liwru, tiyana and punku (book, chair, door) which you learned in Step 3, learn to use each adjective with each noun (the big book, the old chair, the small door). You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about Quechua adjectives including useful examples. After you've learned to use the adjectives jatun, huch'uy and thanta with the nouns liwru, tiyana and punku you can move on to Step 8 (Quechua Verbs).

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