Dating Apps

1. Dating app ukanxa nayra uñtaña ukaxa

   Da-ting app u-kan-xa nay-ra uñ-ta-ña u-ka-xa

   I saw your profile on a dating app

   Usage

   Opening message mentioning you found their profile on an app

   Grammar Note

   Aymara is SOV; "ukaxa" is a topicalizing demonstrative referring back to what was mentioned

2. App ukanxa uñjasipxañani?

   App u-kan-xa uñ-ja-sip-xa-ña-ni?

   Would you like to connect on this app?

   Usage

   Proposing to match or connect on the dating app

   Grammar Note

   "-si-" marks reciprocal action; "-ñani" is a hortative suffix suggesting a shared action

3. Kunsa app ukanxa masitaski?

   Kun-sa app u-kan-xa ma-si-tas-ki?

   What are you looking for on this app?

   Usage

   Asking what the other person is seeking on the app

   Grammar Note

   "-ski" is an Aymara suffix marking ongoing action in the present

4. App ukanxa machaq utjistaxa — kunjamas luraña?

   App u-kan-xa ma-chaq ut-jis-ta-xa — kun-ja-mas lu-ra-ña?

   I'm new to this app — how does it work here?

   Usage

   Admitting you are new to the app and asking how it works

   Grammar Note

   "-xa" is a topic marker. Question words take "-sa" (kunjamas), yes/no questions take "-ti"; "-pa" is not a question marker (the old lurañapa was a 3rd-person possessive form)

5. Uñjasiñataki nayrax video ukanxa aruskipt'añani?

   Uñ-ja-si-ña-ta-ki nay-rax vi-de-o u-kan-xa a-rus-kip-t'a-ña-ni?

   Can we video chat before meeting in person?

   Usage

   Suggesting a video call before meeting in person

   Grammar Note

   "-taki" marks purpose ("for/in order to"); "-ñani" is the hortative ("let's")

6. Nayriri uñjasiñataki kawkins uñjasipxañani?

   Nay-ri-ri uñ-ja-si-ña-ta-ki kaw-kins uñ-ja-sip-xa-ña-ni?

   Where would you like to meet for our first date?

   Usage

   Asking where to meet for a first date

   Grammar Note

   "Kawkins" is the Aymara interrogative word for "where"

7. Aruskipt'asiñaxa sumawa — uñjasipxañani?

   A-rus-kip-t'a-si-ña-xa su-ma-wa — uñ-ja-sip-xa-ña-ni?

   I enjoyed chatting with you — want to meet up?

   Usage

   Proposing to meet after enjoying messages on the app

   Grammar Note

   "-wa" is an Aymara assertive evidential marker, like "indeed" or affirming certainty

8. Nayrana uñjataxa suma! Fotonxa sum uñt'ataxa!

   Nay-ra-na uñ-ja-ta-xa su-ma! Fo-ton-xa sum uñ-t'a-ta-xa!

   You have a great profile / nice photos!

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's profile and photos on the app

   Grammar Note

   Aymara keeps standard word order in exclamations; "suma" is the base adjective for "good/beautiful"

9. Maya simana jutiri utjistaxa — uñjasipxañani?

   Ma-ya si-ma-na ju-ti-ri ut-jis-ta-xa — uñ-ja-sip-xa-ña-ni?

   I'm visiting for a week — would you like to meet?

   Usage

   Letting someone know you are a short-term visitor and suggesting to meet

   Grammar Note

   "Maya" means "one"; "simana" is borrowed from Spanish "semana" (week)

10. Uñjatasiñanakax sumawa!

    Uñ-ja-ta-si-ña-na-kax su-ma-wa!

    I think we're a good match!

    Usage

    Expressing that you and the other person are well suited

    Grammar Note

    "-wa" is an assertive evidential; "-naka-" is a pluralizing suffix in Aymara

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