SEPTIEMBRE 2010

This month is dedicated to the Quechua language!


 
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El quechua

The language spoken by the Incas is far from dead.

Si te interesa la cultura latina, en especial la de sus pueblos originarios, posiblemente hayas oído hablar sobre el quechua. Estrictamente, el quechua (o quichua) es una familia de lenguas concentrada en los Andes centrales.
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Vocabulario


Traduciendo la palabra 


"INDIO"
 

 This month we’ll learn three different meanings, and translations, of the word indio.

(1) INDIO AS INDIAN
 The term indio, when used in reference to the inhabitants or cultural practices of India, can be straightforwardly translated as Indian:
 
Venerar a las vacas es una típica costumbre india.
 Worshipping cows is a typical Indian practice.

  
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Achchaw = ¡Qué calor!
 
Interjecciones de origen quechua
 
This month we’ll learn some interjections derived from Quechua.
 
alalaw significa ‘¡qué frío!’.
achchaw significa ‘¡qué calor!’.
añañau significa ‘¡qué lindo!’.

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Gramática

 
Los usos de los diminutivos

 
 
This month we will study some uses of
diminutive morphemes.
 
Los diminutivos son sufijos que, en principio, cumplen distintas funciones según el contexto en que se los use. Los más frecuentes son los siguientes: 
 
 -illo, -illa: pan –> panecillo.

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Cultura


 
El origen de la palabra ‘jerky’
The original jerky meat may not have been beef or pork, but llama.  
 
The English word jerky comes from the Spanish word charqui (also spelled charque), and many scholars think that charqui ultimately comes from Quechua ch’arki, meaning ‘dried meat.’
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