Casual and colloquial Quechua expressions, affectionate diminutives, and discourse particles used in everyday speech, not typically taught in textbooks. Front: the Quechua word or phrase. Back: English meaning.
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- Yaw
- Hey (informal address to a friend)
- Ñañay
- My dear sister (affectionate informal address)
- Turichay
- My dear little brother (affectionate diminutive)
- Wawqichay
- My dear brother (affectionate diminutive)
- Manachu?
- No? Right? (a casual tag question seeking agreement)
- Kusillu
- The mischievous trickster clown figure of Andean festival dances, used informally to call someone a silly clown
- Chaymantaqa
- So then, and so (casual connector)
- Imataq!
- What now! (informal exclamation of surprise)
- Sumaqllaña
- Just lovely now, that's just great (casual compliment or reassurance)
- Kusachallaña
- Just great, awesome (informal)
- Manapuni!
- No way! Absolutely not! (emphatic informal negation)
- Yastá
- Alright, it's done (a common Spanish-Quechua blend used informally)
- Chayllapuni
- Exactly that, that's exactly it (casual emphasis)
- Sipascha
- Little young lady (informal diminutive of sipas)
- Machucha
- Old man (informal, slightly teasing diminutive of machu)
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