Music & Entertainment

1. Kunan aruma kawkhansa musika ist'añatakix utji?

   Ku-nan a-ru-ma kaw-khan-sa mu-si-ka is-t'a-ña-ta-kix ut-ji?

   Where can I hear live music tonight?

   Usage

   Asking where to find live musical performances that evening

   Grammar Note

   The standard frame for asking about a place is Kawkhansa … utji? ('Where is ...?'). Ist'añataki means 'for listening'. Aymara is an SOV language, with the verb at the end

2. Kunan aruma konsiertotaki mä tikita muntwa

   Ku-nan a-ru-ma kon-sier-to-ta-ki mä ti-ki-ta mun-twa

   I'd like a ticket for tonight's concert.

   Usage

   Requesting a ticket for a concert performance

   Grammar Note

   In Aymara, case markers follow the noun (postpositional). -taki means 'for', and the first-person 'I want' is muntwa

3. Akana kuna kasta musikas munata?

   A-ka-na ku-na kas-ta mu-si-kas mu-na-ta?

   What kind of music is popular here?

   Usage

   Asking about the type of music that is popular locally

   Grammar Note

   The old card glossed kawki as 'what kind', but kawki means 'where' (Laime 2020: kawki. adv. interr. Dónde; CONADI: KAWKI donde, ¿dónde?) and cannot ask about type. 'What' is kuna and 'kind, type' is kasta (Laime 2020: CLASE = Kasta, marca o tipo … categoría, especie, género, orden, tipo). ukana 'there' was changed to akana 'here', and yatiqata 'learned' to munata 'is liked'

4. Aka markana kunaymana musikunakat yatiyapxita

   A-ka mar-ka-na ku-nay-ma-na mu-si-ku-na-kat ya-ti-ya-px-i-ta

   Can you recommend a local musician or band?

   Usage

   Asking for recommendations for local musicians or bands

   Grammar Note

   Aymara verb stems take various suffixes to extend meaning and create new words. This language's data spelled "I want" four different ways — muntha, munxta, munta and muntwa. The person markers of the Aymara simple present are -t for the 1st person, -ta for the 2nd and -i for the 3rd (UniMorph aym: munt V;PRS;1;SG / munta V;PRS;2;SG / muni V;PRS;3;SG), so the bare 1st and 2nd person forms are ambiguous. Only the assertive forms muntwa (1st) and muntawa (2nd) separate them unambiguously, so the 1st person "I want" is standardised here as muntwa. Munxta is not a person form at all.

5. Akana aka simana musika fiesta utji?

   A-ka-na a-ka si-ma-na mu-si-ka fies-ta ut-ji?

   Is there a music festival happening this week?

   Usage

   Asking whether there is a music festival occurring this week

   Grammar Note

   "Utji" is the Aymara existential verb meaning "there is/are"

6. Kawkhansa nayra instrumento alañatakix utji?

   Kaw-khan-sa nay-ra ins-tru-men-to a-la-ña-ta-kix ut-ji?

   Where can I buy traditional musical instruments?

   Usage

   Asking where to purchase traditional musical instruments

   Grammar Note

   Aymara has borrowed many words from Spanish due to centuries of contact

7. Nayra kantata yatiqañ muntwa

   Nay-ra kan-ta-ta ya-ti-qañ mun-twa

   I'd like to learn a traditional song.

   Usage

   Expressing a desire to learn traditional songs

   Grammar Note

   "Yatiqaña" is the infinitive form of the verb "to learn" in Aymara

8. Akana musika ancha sumawa!

   A-ka-na mu-si-ka an-cha su-ma-wa!

   The music here is amazing!

   Usage

   Exclaiming how wonderful the music is

   Grammar Note

   "Suma" is a common Aymara adjective meaning "good" or "beautiful"

9. Akana karaoke utji?

   A-ka-na ka-ra-o-ke ut-ji?

   Do you have karaoke here?

   Usage

   Asking whether karaoke is available at this location

   Grammar Note

   Aymara yes/no questions use rising intonation or question particles at the sentence end

10. Musikax kuna horasana qalltasi?

    Mu-si-kax ku-na ho-ra-sa-na qall-ta-si?

    What time does the performance start?

    Usage

    Asking what time a musical performance begins

    Grammar Note

    "At what time" is kuna horasana (the same form appears in the Nightlife category). qalltasi means "begins" (the same verb as in yatichäwix qalltasi in the Martial Arts category)

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