Huanca M. Aymar Arux Akhamawa (Aymara Language Is Like This)

University of Chicago, Center for Latin American Studies. - 2003."Aymara Language Is Like This" - Level One - 2-nd editionEdited by Joana Canedo - Web version designed by Aaron Rester
Spanish/English translations by Paul LiffmanThis textbook, in which I offer an introduction to the Aymara language, is based on the simple, practical method that has evolved through my teaching experience.
In this edition, I have limited myself to presenting the basic elements of the Aymara language. In order to facilitate the learning, I propose a substantial number of practical exercises accompanied with linguistic explanations. I have tried to do this in an easy, yet stimulating manner, which will be useful to both the linguist and the non-linguist learning Aymara. Above all, it is my goal to interest people in this ancient language which still strongly remains part of the Andean culture together with the condor and the pututu (the native horn).
This textbook represents the Aymara spoken in the provinces of the Department of La Paz, Bolivia, and a region of Puno, in Peru. It abides by and follows the new official Alphabet for the Aymara and Quechua Language.Title Page And ContentsUsing this book
Alphabet and Phonology
Unified Alphabet
PhonologyLesson One - Lukasamp Jacintompi
Emphatic SuffixesLesson Two - Franciskump Jisk'a Paulumpi
Personal Pronouns
Possessive Suffixes: -xa, -ma, -pa, -sa
Present Perfect Tense
Nominal Suffix -ruLesson Three - Eskuelana
Verbal Suffix -pxa
Forms of Obligation or Necessity
Nominal Suffix -naka
Nominal Suffix -na
Suffix -raki + -saLesson Four - Thakina
Verbal suffixes -si and –ka: -ska in progressive form
Negative Form on the Present Perfect
Another possessive suffix: -na + -ka = -nkaLesson Five - Fortuchamp Paulitampi
Nominal Suffix -ta
Nominal Suffix -ni
Verbal Suffix -iri
Nominal Suffix -mpi
Noun Modifiers
Suffix -taki
Use of JanitiLesson Six - Anat Fiesta
Future Tense
Verbalization of Adjectives and Nouns
Neutral Suffix -kama
Neutral Suffix -ki
Use of Inasa + Suffix -chi in the Future Tense
Suffix -na + Locative Suffix -ka = -nka
Narration: Jacintun Jakawipxata - part 1Lesson Seven - Wirnitan Chachapax Wali Usutawa
Second Person Imperative: Verbal Suffix –m
Verbal Suffix –xa
Passive Participle: Suffix –ta
Verbal Suffix -sina
Pronominal Suffixes in the Present Perfect
Narration: Jacintun Jakawipxata - part 2Lesson Eight - Qhatuna
Verbal Suffix –pacha: Probability
Use of the Form Ukaxa
Irregular Verb Saña: to say
Verb Kamsaña
Verbal Suffix -pan: Third Person Imperative
Answering to Causal Questions
Nominal Suffix -jama
Narration: Jacintun Jakawipxata - part 3Lesson Nine - Jisk’a Andresax Wali Usutawa
Remote Past Perfect
Potential Mode
Verbal Suffix -ya
Suffix for Size Comparison –ch'a
Suffix –iri: Occupation
Narration: Jacintun Jakawipxata - part 4Lesson Ten - Eskuelane: Yatiqanax Ch’amjamawa
Pronominal Suffixes in the Future Tense
Verbal Suffix -ta
Verbal Suffix -nuqa
Use of -raki + Potential Mode
Narration: Jacintun Jakawipxata - part 5Lesson Eleven - Regentemp Jacintumpi
Pronominal Suffixes in the Potential Mode
Use of Layku
Use of Lanti
Verbal Suffix -nta
Verbal Suffix -su
Narration: Jacintun Jakawipxata - part 6
Song: Jach'auruAppendix
Interrogative Phrases
Personal Pronouns
Numbers
Glossary: Aymara-English
Glossary: English-Aymara