Guarani/Lesson 1

The first letter of roots is here capitalised, to make comprehension easier Vocabulario — Ñe’endy Maitei – salutation Maitei(kuéra) – salutations Momaitei – to salute Mba’éichapa – Hello, how are you (generic salutation) Aguyje – thank you che Maitei (atonic che) – my salutation nde Maitei (atonic nde) – your salutation (singular) iMaitei – his/her/their salutation Ñande Maitei – our salutation (also yours) Ore Maitei – nuestro saludo (not yours) Pende Maitei – your salutation (plural) Imaiteikuéra – sus saludos Karai – mister Che – I (tonic) che (atonic prefix) – my Nde (tonic) – you (singular) nde (atonic prefix) – your (singular) ndéve – to you +pa – atonic interrogation sufix +piko – atonic emphatic interrogation suffix Ha – and Avei – also The distinction between "Ore" and "Ñande" is on whether the person being addressed is included or not. Sentences to G̃uahe ndéve che Maitei – may my salutations get to you Che Aguijevete ndéve – thank you very much Che Aguijevete ndéve nde Maitei – I thank your salutations a lot First dialogue One does not need to write question marks in Guarani, since suffixes already denote questions. Dos personas se encuentran, Juan y Pedro, que no se conocen. Pedro es un hombre adulto, un Karai (señor). Juan: Mba’éichapa Karai. – How are you, sir? Pedro: iPorãnte, Ha Nde. – I'm fine, what about you? Juan: Ha iPorãnte Avei. – I'm fine too. Second dialogue With "Ha'e", optional, names are asked. This word means "to be". Juan: Mba'éichapa nde Réra. – What's your name? Pedro: che Rera (ha’e) Pedro, Ha Nde. – My name is Pedro, and yours? Juan: Che (ha’e) Juan – I'm Juan. Third dialogue "Piko" as a question marker and "niko" as a noun connector, meaning "to be". Juan: ¡Mba’éichapa! Máva piko Nde? – Hello, who are you? Pedro: Che niko Pedro, Ha Nde. – I'm Pedro, and you? Juan: Ha Che niko Juan. – I'm Juan. Notice how "Ha" is used, with the sense of addition. Conjugation of Maitei and moMaitei Strictly, Maitei (“saludar”) is an intransitive verb (it cannot take direct object) and moMaitei (mo+Maitei) is transitive (it must take an object). In the present tense, we do not have to use a particle to express tense, just person and number. (Che) aMaitei – I salute (Nde) reMaitei – you (singular) salute (Ha'e) oMaitei – he/she salutes (Ñandé) ñaMaitei – we (including you) salute (Oré) roMaitei – we (you not) salute (Peê) peMaitei – you (plural) salute (Ha’eKuéra) oMaitei – they salute Let us see a sentence with moMaitei. AmoMaitei Perupe – I salute Perupe. If the intention is to use the future, the suffix -ta should be used. ÑamoMaiteita ñande Sýpe – We (including you) will salute our (also yours) mother. AMaiteita - I will salute.