Introduction to Quechua/About Quechua

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General aspects of Quechua

 * Quechua is a very regular agglutinative language.


 * There are no irregular verbs.


 * Suffixes are added to the root of the verb to create new words.


 * For instance, K'oñi = Warm gives K'oñichiy = To get warm.


 * In Quechua you don't have to worry whether a word is masculine or feminine.


 * Quechua does not have definite and indefinite articles (like "the" and "a").

Plural
The plural is formed by adding "kuna", or specifying the number.


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