Wednesday, October 6, 2010

A few words in Guarani Language - Paraguay

aha: I go                        ao: clothes                      aju: I come
akã: head                       ani: don’t                        araka’e: when
asaje: siesta                    avei: too, as well             cena: to eat dinner
che: Me, my or I              che ra’a: my son, used between men
chiko/a:boyfriend/girlfriend                                    chisme:gossip
e’a: Oh! (gasp)                eho: go (command)         eju: come (command)
ere: say (command)         guahẽ: to arrive               guápo/a:hard-working
guapy: to sit                             guata: to walk                 gueraha: to take
guereko: to have            gueru: to bring                ha nde: and you?
ha upei?: and then (greeting)                                  ha: and
ha’arõ: to wait                ha’e: him or her, I say, to be
ha’ekuéra: them             ha’u: I eat                       hayhu: to love
he’u: eat (command)        hecha: to see                   héê: yes
heka: to search for something                                 hendu: to hear
henói: to call                   hese: about, to, or for him or her
hesekuéra: about, to or for them                  hetÅ©: to kiss or to smell
hikuái: them (used at the end of sentences)              hína: ing
i: he/she/them chendale beginning                           ikatu: can, am able to
i: chendal beginning for he/she/them                        iko: live, go
ime: to be, location          'imi: a little bit                 -io: ?
ite/ete/te: totally           iterei/eterei/terei: very, a lot, too
ja-: v.b. for we all            jaha: let´s go        jahu: to shower or bathe
jajotopata: see you soon                                       japo: to do or make
japu: to lie or be a liar      jeroky: to dance              jogua: to buy
johéi: to wash                 jopy:adj. cheap; v. to squeeze or press
ka’aru: later afternoon     kaigue: feeling lazy, bummin', being a lazy butt
karu: to eat lunch or just to eat            ka’u:adj. a drunk; v. to get drunk
ke: to sleep                     ke: to enter (ai.)              -ke: strong command
ko: this                           ko’ãga: now                             ko’ára: today
ko’ẽrõ: tomorrow            kotevẽ: to need (ai.)        kuaa: to know (ai.)
-kuaa: v.e. to know how  -kue: during                    kuehe: yesterday
-kuri: verb ending for past tense                              kyra:fat
kytÄ©: to cut (ai.)               -ma: already                    ma’erã: for what
maña: to look at or to watch                                   mandi’o: mandioca
mandu'a: to remember    máva: who                     mba’apo: to work
mba’e: what, thing, or situation            mba’e la porte: how are you?
mba’éichapa: how are you?                                   mba’ére: why
mba’etekoiko: how ya livin´?                                mbo’e: to teach
mbogue: to turn off                            mboy: how much, how many
-me: nasal ending for in, to, at                                me’ẽ: to give
-mi: please                      moÄ©: to put                      moõ: where
mopotÄ©: to clean              -na: pleeeease, pleading command
nahániri: no                             nantendei: I don´t understand
ñande: we all (inclusive)   ñaña:mean, bad (person)
ña-: nasal v.b. for we       ndaikuaái: I don´t know
nde: you, your                 nde rasóre: Darn it
ndi: with                         ñe’ẽ: to speak
nupã: to punish, to hit or beat (ai.)                
ñatende: to attend to something
ñeha’a: to try or to struggle to do something
ñembo’e: to pray            ñemonde: to dress yourself
ñeno: to lay down            o-: v.b. for him, her or them
oÄ©ma: ready                    op!: hi!                            opa: done
ore: just us                     -pa: ?                             paga: to pay
páy: to wake up               pe-: v.b. for you all          ...pe: in, to or at
peẽ: you all                     pende/pene: peẽ beginning for chendales
penderehe: about, to or for you all                         pensa: to think
pe’a: to take something out, remove something (ai.)  piko: ?
-pio: ?                            piru:skinny                      poko: to touch
porã: good, pretty           porandu: to ask              pórte:situation
poru: to use                    pota: to want                  pu'ã: to get up
puka: to laugh                 purahéi: to sing              pyhareve: morning
pyhare: night                  pyta: to stay or to be located
pytu’u: to rest                 pytyvõ: to help (ai.)         ra’e: ? in past tense
rambosa: to eat breakfast                                       re-: v.b. for you
rehe/re: for, about, of, on                                      reko: to have
ro-: v.b. for just us           sapukái: to yell               scrivi: to write
sẽ: to go out, leave, turn out                                   ...se: v.e. to want to
sogue: broke as a joke     su’u: to bite or chew         -ta: future tense
tape: street                     tavy: crazy           
terere: yerba drink, sweet nectar of life          ti: negation on a command
topa: to find                    tranquilopa : all is well, tranquil
tykua: to serve, like terere or mate                 typei: to sweep
-va:that is, who is, which is                            vai: ugly or bad
vale:adj. hard-working; v. to cost or be worth something
vare'a: to be hungry        ve: more     
vy’a: to be happy or to have fun                              y: water

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