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A new video every Sunday from the village: greetings, sounds, everyday words and picture cards.

November 2026

5 videos

  1. Saying hello and asking how someone is

    Allillanchu, allillanmi and the question that comes back, said slowly twice and then as fast as my neighbours say them.

    Renzo seated on a stone terrace above a green valley.

  2. The sounds English does not have

    The sharp k, the breathy k and the deep q, with the shape of my mouth shown up close.

    Hands writing in a notebook beside herbal tea.

  3. Ten words for the kitchen

    Water, potato, salt, fire and six more, held up on cards and said three times each.

    Fanned picture flash cards of simple objects on a table.

  4. Counting from one to ten

    Huk to chunka on the fingers, and then on a row of stones from the yard.

    A wet stepped stone lane between whitewashed walls.

  5. Family words: mama, tayta and wawa

    Who is who in a Quechua family, and how to say it when you introduce your own.

    Curved stone terraces in a rain-green Andean valley.

October 2026

4 videos

  1. Listening to Quechua on the radio

    What to listen for in the first minutes of a morning programme, and how to take it in.

    A transistor radio and phone recording on a stone sill.

  2. Talking about the weather and the animals

    Rain, frost, sun and the words for the llamas on the hill, with a short chat to copy.

    Llamas on a mountain terrace under a stormy sky.

  3. Asking for the way and the price

    Where is it, how much is it and how many: three questions that open a market.

    A wet stepped stone lane between whitewashed walls.

  4. Making picture cards from scratch

    Paper, a marker and a pile of old magazines. How I make the cards I use in every lesson.

    Fanned picture flash cards of simple objects on a table.

September 2026

1 video

  1. Why I started with ten words

    My first lesson for a friend who knew nothing, and the ten words that made it easy.

    An empty rural classroom with small wooden desks.

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