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Lesson 4 — Possessive Suffixes

Instead of possessive determiners (like "my" in "my name") Aymara uses possessive suffixes to express possession:

-ja — my

-ma — your (sg. and pl.)

-pa — his/her/its/their (sg. and pl.)

-sa — our (inclusive)

-na — 's

Therefore, if "suti" means "name", then "my name" means "sutija", "your name" = "sutima" and so on.

For nouns, the suffix -na is used: "Pedro's name" = "Pedrona sutipa"

Sources:

Paul Wexler (1967): BEGINNING AYMARA. A COURSE FOR ENGLISH SPEAKERS. University of Washington, Seattle, Washington. pp. 10+13.

Juan de Dios Yapita (1994): AYMARA: METODO FACIL 1. Ediciones ILCA, La Paz. pp. 3-5.

#aymara #aymar aru #langblr #aimara #aymara langblr #*aymara possessive suffixes #*aymara basics #/ i truly hope i got this right.#/ in sentences of course you need more suffixes but #/ 'pedro's name' alone without context should be pedrona sutipa #/ anyway take this with a grain of salt. if you want to take a look at the sources pls dm me!#l

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Lesson 5 — Sentence Suffixes

-sa - covers the function of the question mark "?"

-xa

-wa

-ti - interrogational suffix for yes/no questions; covers the function of the question mark "?"

-sti - covers the function of "and"

Aymara needs at least one sentence suffix per sentence. For example:

(Nayan) sutijax Antuñuwa. - My name is Antuñu/Antonio.

For morphophonemic reasons, vowel elision occurs and -xa is reduced to -x.

(Juman) sutimax Antuñuti. - Is your name Antuñu? Your name is Antuñu?

Jisa, (sutijax) Antuñuwa. - Yes, my name is Antuñu.

Source: Juan de Dios Yapita (1994): AYMARA: METODO FACIL 1. Ediciones ILCA, La Paz. p. 2.

#aymara #aymara langblr #aimara #langblr #aymar aru #/ there are suffixes in these sentences that i haven't covered yet like -na #/ and -wa in the example sentences (Antuñuwa) is not a sentence suffix but an affirmative suffix #/ but we'll see how this works later on #/ i marked the possessive suffixes as purple bc i already talked about them and wanted to show where they are #*aymara basics #*aymara sentence suffixes #r.txt

Aymara Basics

Lesson 3 - Personal Pronouns

Naya - I

Juma - you (sg.)

Jupa - he, she, it, they (sg.)

Nanaka - we (but not you; 4th person exclusive)

Jiwasa - we (including you; 4th person inclusive)

Jiwasanaka - all of us (used when speaking of groups or countries; 4th person inclusive)

Jumanaka - you (pl.)

Jupanaka - they

Source: Juan de Dios Yapita (1994): AYMARA: METODO FACIL 1. Ediciones ILCA, La Paz. p. 3+29.

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Lesson 2 - Question Words

Kuna - What?

Kawki - Where?

K”iti - Who?

Qawq”a - How many?

Kamisa - How?

Source: Juan de Dios Yapita (1994): AYMARA: METODO FACIL 1. Ediciones ILCA, La Paz. p. 2.

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Lesson 1 - Alphabet / Aymar Salta

Vocals

a, ä, i, ï, u, ü

Consonants

ch, ch", ch', j, k, k", k', l, ll, m, n, ñ, p, p", p', q, q", q', r, s, t, t", t', x

Semivowels

w, y

—

ä, ï, and ü are the 'longer versions' of a, i, and u respectively.

" means the consonant is aspirated, i.e. pronounced with a lot of air.

' signifies a glottal stop.

You can listen to the pronunciation of the letters here.

You might also find ch" written as chh, k" written as kh, p" as ph, q" as qh, t" as th and x as jj!

Source: Juan de Dios Yapita (1994): AYMARA: METODO FACIL 1. Ediciones ILCA, La Paz. p. iii-1.

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