Hotel

1. Huknin cuarto reservasqaymi kan

   Huk-nin cuar-to re-ser-vas-qay-mi kan

   I have a room reservation

   Usage

   Announcing your reservation at hotel check-in

   Grammar Note

   -mi is the direct evidential marker showing personal knowledge. cuarto is from Spanish

2. Cuartup llaventa quway

   Cuar-tup lla-ven-ta qu-way

   Please give me the room key

   Usage

   Asking for the room key at the hotel reception

   Grammar Note

   Spanish loanwords cuarto and llave take Quechua case suffixes — a classic contact linguistics example

3. Imahoraspin tutamanta mikhuna?

   I-ma-ho-ras-pin tu-ta-man-ta mi-khu-na?

   What time is breakfast?

   Usage

   Asking about meal times at the hotel

   Grammar Note

   ima (what) + horas (hours) forms "at what time". -pin is an emphatic locative suffix

4. Paqarin lluqsiyta munani

   Pa-qa-rin lluq-siy-ta mu-na-ni

   I want to check out tomorrow

   Usage

   Informing the hotel staff of your planned check-out date

   Grammar Note

   paqarin is the native Quechua word for "tomorrow"; lluqsiy means "to leave/exit" and is spelled lluqsiy in the three-vowel orthography

5. Unqurini, yanapawaychis

   Un-qu-ri-ni, ya-na-pa-way-chis

   I am feeling sick, please help me

   Usage

   Asking for help when feeling ill at the hotel

   Grammar Note

   unquy means "to fall ill". yanapa- (help) + -way (me) + -chis (polite imperative) forms the request

6. Iskay tutata tiyayta munani

   Is-kay tu-ta-ta ti-yay-ta mu-na-ni

   I want to stay for two nights

   Usage

   Stating your intended length of stay at a hotel or guesthouse

   Grammar Note

   Nights are counted with tuta (night): iskay tuta = two nights. "To stay" is tiyayta, the verb tiyay (to sit/stay) with accusative -ta. The nominalized "tiyana" means "seat", so it is not used

7. Wi-Fita munayman

   Wi-Fi-ta mu-na-y-man

   I would like to use Wi-Fi

   Usage

   Asking for Wi-Fi access at a hotel or cafe

   Grammar Note

   munayman is the polite conditional of munani (I want). -man adds a softening conditional nuance

8. Toallakunata tikraway

   Toa-lla-ku-na-ta ti-kra-way

   Please change the towels

   Usage

   Requesting fresh towels in the hotel room

   Grammar Note

   toalla (towel) is a Spanish loanword, the same word as in hotel-011. tikraway is the imperative of tikray (to change/exchange) plus -wa- (for me). mayllay means "to wash", so it does not express replacing

9. Allin tiyakuymi karqan

   Al-lin ti-ya-kuy-mi kar-qan

   The stay was very comfortable

   Usage

   Expressing satisfaction with your stay at check-out

   Grammar Note

   tiyakuy is tiyay (to sit/live) plus reflexive -ku, "to dwell/stay"; it is the same word as in the Dating & Romance category. Adding reciprocal -naku (tiyanakuy) would mean "to sit together", so it is not used

10. Llaveta quwaychis

    Lla-ve-ta qu-way-chis

    Please give me the key

    Usage

    Asking for the room key at check-in or when returning to your room

    Grammar Note

    llave is from Spanish. quwaychis is the imperative of quy (to give) + -way (to me) + -chis (polite)

11. Toalla

    Towel

    Usage

    Point at it when asking at the front desk

12. Sawna

    Pillow

    Usage

    Point at it when asking at the front desk

13. Qata

    Blanket

    Usage

    Nights are cold at altitude — to ask for one more

14. Jabón

    Soap

    Usage

    Point at it when asking at the front desk

15. Champú

    Shampoo

    Usage

    Point at it when asking at the front desk

16. Kiru pichana

    Toothbrush

    Usage

    Point at it at the desk or in a shop

17. Papel higiénico

    Toilet paper

    Usage

    When the room or the toilet has run out

18. Chukcha ch'akichina

    Hair dryer

    Usage

    Point at it when borrowing one at the desk

19. Cuartuta pichaykuy

    Please clean the room

    Usage

    Show it to housekeeping

20. Ch'in cuarto

    A quiet room

    Usage

    State the preference at check-in

21. Ancha ch'aqwan

    It is too noisy

    Usage

    When you want to be moved to another room

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