Airport & Customs

1. Pasaportama uñacht'ayitama

   Pa-sa-por-ta-ma u-ñach-t'a-yi-ta-ma

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   Aymara is SOV. The ending -itama is the imperative with a 1st person object ("... to me")

2. Kunatakisa juttata?

   Ku-na-ta-ki-sa jut-ta-ta?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   Literally 'for what did you come?'

3. Qawqha arumasa akana qamäta?

   Qaw-qha a-ru-ma-sa a-ka-na qa-mä-ta?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "How many" is qawqha. "akana" = here

4. Kuna yatiyañamasa utji?

   Ku-na ya-ti-ya-ña-ma-sa ut-ji?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   "... utji?" = is there ...? The rest of this dataset uses the same pattern

5. Q'ipixax janiw purikiti

   Q'i-pi-xax ja-niw pu-ri-ki-ti

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   Negation brackets the verb: janiw ... -kiti. (The original "jupan" means "his", not "my".)

6. Aka q'ipix ampara q'ipiwa

   A-ka q'i-pix am-pa-ra q'i-pi-wa

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Hand" is ampara; "laq'u" means "worm" and was wrong. The suffix -wa marks assertion

7. Kawkhansa punku utji?

   Kaw-khan-sa pun-ku ut-ji?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Kawkhansa ... utji?" = where is ...? ("kunkans" is not a word.)

8. Kunapachasa mantañax qalltaski?

   Ku-na-pa-cha-sa man-ta-ñax qall-tas-ki?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Kunapachasa ... qalltaski?" = when does it begin? ("uchaña" means "to put", not "to board".)

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