How to use the indefinite article in Quechua

How to use the indefinite article in Quechua

You want to learn how to use the indefinite article in Quechua? You've come to the right place! Scroll down and see the short Quechua lessons complete with useful examples. An apple, a house, a book... we explain it all to you in short, easy to follow lessons.

The Quechua indefinite article

The indefinite article is what we call the words 'a' and 'an' in English. The English indefinite article 'a' does not exist in Quechua. Unlike English, a noun on its own can be considered indefinite without the need for a specific word to show this.

Examples

rumi
a stone
wawqe
a brother
qhari
a man
t'oqo
a window
llaqta
a city
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Step 3 : The indefinite article in Quechua

The indefinite article is what we call the word a in English. The indefinite article is used with nouns in English (a book, a chair, a door etc.). To get started in Quechua, pick just 3 important nouns. We suggest you learn the nouns liwru, tiyana and punku (book, chair, door). Once you have learned these nouns, you can then learn how to use each noun with the indefinite article. This is easy in Quechua, because in Quechua, there is no indefinite article. So the word liwru can mean book or a book, the word tiyana can mean chair or a chair and the word punku can mean door or a door. You can scroll to the top of this page to see a short lesson about the indefinite article in Quechua including useful examples. Once you have learned to use the indefinite article with the Quechua nouns liwru, tiyana and punku, you're ready to move on to Step 4 (the definite article in Quechua).

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