{"id":646,"date":"2019-12-23T15:18:20","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T21:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aprenderquechua.com\/?p=646"},"modified":"2020-03-23T11:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:38:23","slug":"imperative-sentences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/grammar\/imperative-sentences\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammar 9: Imperative sentences in Quechua"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns botones is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/grammar\/verb-kay-to-be\/\">&lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/free-quechua-course\/\">Lessons<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/grammar\/quechua-sentences-suffix-ta\/\">&gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\n<!-- aprenderquechua-display-cuadrado -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1730987954818825\" data-ad-slot=\"3042231937\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>Giving orders or instructions is one of the easiest ways to express ourselves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make direct commands, requests, orders, instructions, or supplications in Quechua simply use the endings <strong>-y, -ychis, -chun, -chunku <\/strong>and<strong> -sun.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example: <strong><em>\u00a1hamuy!<\/em><\/strong> means <strong><em>\u00a1come!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wait a minute, <span style=\"background-color:#FAD2E0\" class=\"tadv-background-color\">didn&#8217;t we agree that &#8220;hamuy&#8221; was an infinitive?<\/span> \ud83e\udd28 You&#8217;re right. What happens is that the ending &#8220;-y&#8221; has several functions, including the infinitive and the imperative.\ud83d\ude0c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<!-- In-article1 -->\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-layout=\"in-article\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1730987954818825\" data-ad-slot=\"7368134539\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Second person (singular and plural)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We use this when we want our addressee or addresses to do something: &#8220;Do this!&#8221; or &#8220;you guys, come here!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the request is addressed to only one person, the termination &#8220;<strong>-y<\/strong>&#8221; must be used, and if it is addressed to several persons, the termination &#8220;<strong>-ychis<\/strong>&#8221; must be used, let&#8217;s look at some examples:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#0073A8\" class=\"tadv-color\">When the request is addressed to only one person:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\u00a1Apa<strong>y<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Carry!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Hamu<strong>y<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Come!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Chura<strong>y<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Put!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Ruwa<strong>y<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Do!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Qhawa<strong>y<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Look!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"color:#0073A8\" class=\"tadv-color\">When the request is addressed to several people:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\u00a1Apa<strong>ychis<\/strong>!<\/td><td>[You guys,]  Carry!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Hamu<strong>ychis<\/strong>!<\/td><td>[You guys,] Come!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Chura<strong>ychis<\/strong>!<\/td><td>[You guys,  Put!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Ruwa<strong>ychis<\/strong>!<\/td><td>[You guys,] Do!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Qhawa<strong>ychis<\/strong>!<\/td><td>[You guys,] Look!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next lessons there will be more examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Third person (singular and plural)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>We use this when we want someone (who is not present) to do something: &#8220;May he\/she do this!&#8221; or &#8220;May they do that!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In these cases we use the ending <strong>-chun<\/strong> for the singular and the ending <strong>-chunku<\/strong> for the plural.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\u00a1Apa<strong>chun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May he\/she carry!<\/td><td>\u00a1Apa<strong>chunku<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May they carry!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Hamu<strong>chun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May he\/she come!<\/td><td>\u00a1Hamu<strong>chunku<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May they come!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Chura<strong>chun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May he\/she put!<\/td><td>\u00a1Chura<strong>chunku<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May they put!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Ruwa<strong>chun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May he\/she do!<\/td><td>\u00a1Ruwa<strong>chunku<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May they do!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Qhawa<strong>chun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May he\/she look!<\/td><td>\u00a1Qhawa<strong>chunku<\/strong>!<\/td><td>May they look!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. First plural person (noqanchis)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This is used when someone talks to a group and encourages them to perform an action (including himself): Let&#8217;s do this!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this case the ending &#8220;<strong>-sun<\/strong>&#8221; is used, which we have already studied in the <a href=\"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/grammar\/verbs-conjugation-future-simple-and-continuous\/\">conjugation of the future tense<\/a>, this ending can also be used as an imperative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-layout-key=\"-ef+6k-30-ac+ty\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1730987954818825\" data-ad-slot=\"2934420723\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\u00a1Apa<strong>sun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Let&#8217;s carry!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Llank&#8217;a<strong>sun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Let&#8217;s work!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Chura<strong>sun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Let&#8217;s put!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Ruwa<strong>sun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Let&#8217;s do!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1Qhawa<strong>sun<\/strong>!<\/td><td>Let&#8217;s look!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What about the negative imperatives? Do not worry, it is the following subtitle.\ud83d\ude03<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Negative imperatives<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>These are used to prohibit, restrict a possible action: &#8220;Do not do this!&#8221;, &#8220;May they not move!&#8221; or &#8220;Let&#8217;s not do this!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Simply put the word <strong><em><span style=\"color:#0073A8\" class=\"tadv-color\">\u00a1Ama!<\/span><\/em><\/strong> (<strong><em><span style=\"color:#0073A8\" class=\"tadv-color\">don&#8217;t!<\/span><\/em><\/strong>) and add the suffix <strong><span style=\"color:#D8373E\" class=\"tadv-color\">-chu<\/span><\/strong> at the end of the verb, <em>do not confuse it with the verbal ending <strong>-chun<\/strong><\/em>, they are totally different.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suffix <strong>-chu<\/strong> is <strong>very important<\/strong>, it is used for interrogative and negative sentences, we will see that later, but for the moment we will see how it works in the negative imperative mood, you will see that it is very easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block\" data-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-ad-layout-key=\"-gw-3+1f-3d+2z\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1730987954818825\" data-ad-slot=\"6691485296\"><\/ins>\n<script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"\"><tbody><tr><td>\u00a1<span style=\"color:#0078D7\" class=\"tadv-color\">Ama<\/span> pu\u00f1u<strong><span style=\"color:#338A64\" class=\"tadv-color\">y<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#D8373E\" class=\"tadv-color\">chu<\/span>!<\/td><td>Don&#8217;t sleep!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1<span style=\"color:#0078D7\" class=\"tadv-color\">Ama<\/span> pu\u00f1u<strong><span style=\"color:#338A64\" class=\"tadv-color\">ychis<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#D8373E\" class=\"tadv-color\">chu<\/span>!<\/td><td>[You guys,] Don&#8217;t sleep!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1<span style=\"color:#0078D7\" class=\"tadv-color\">Ama<\/span> pu\u00f1u<strong><span style=\"color:#338A64\" class=\"tadv-color\">chun<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#D8373E\" class=\"tadv-color\">chu<\/span>!<\/td><td>May he\/she not sleep!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1<span style=\"color:#0078D7\" class=\"tadv-color\">Ama<\/span> pu\u00f1u<strong><span style=\"color:#338A64\" class=\"tadv-color\">chunku<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#D8373E\" class=\"tadv-color\">chu<\/span>!<\/td><td>May they not sleep!<\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\u00a1<span style=\"color:#0078D7\" class=\"tadv-color\">Ama<\/span> pu\u00f1u<strong><span style=\"color:#338A64\" class=\"tadv-color\">sun<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color:#D8373E\" class=\"tadv-color\">chu<\/span>!<\/td><td>Let&#8217;s not sleep!<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And so with all the verbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns botones is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/grammar\/verb-kay-to-be\/\">Previous lesson:<br> Verb Kay<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/free-quechua-course\/\">Quechua course:<br> All lessons<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link\" href=\"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/grammar\/quechua-sentences-suffix-ta\/\">Next lesson:<br> Sentences (-ta)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giving orders or instructions is one of the easiest ways to express ourselves. To make direct commands, requests, orders, instructions, or supplications in Quechua simply use the endings -y, -ychis, -chun, -chunku and -sun. For example: \u00a1hamuy! means \u00a1come! Wait a minute, didn&#8217;t we agree that &#8220;hamuy&#8221; was an infinitive? \ud83e\udd28 You&#8217;re right. What happens &#8230; <a title=\"Grammar 9: Imperative sentences in Quechua\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/grammar\/imperative-sentences\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Grammar 9: Imperative sentences in Quechua\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[27,12,31,30],"class_list":["post-646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grammar","tag-quechua-grammar","tag-quechua-phrases","tag-quechua-sentences","tag-verbs-in-quechua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=646"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1358,"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/646\/revisions\/1358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aprenderde.com\/quechua-cusco\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}