About and At: rehe / re / hese

About and at: Rehe

Level 2

Haʼe omaʼẽ pe tapére “He looks at that road”.

How It Works

PersonForm
mecherehe
younderehe
him, herhese
us (with you)ñanderehe
us (without you)orerehe
you allpenderehe

For several third persons add -kuéra: hesekuéra “about them”. A pronoun and rehe are always one word. After a noun, rehe can stay apart or shrink to -re and join: pe tapére. The ending is unstressed, so tapé keeps the stress and needs an accent.

Each verb decides whether it needs rehe. Look-at verbs such as omaʼẽ need it, and so do aikotevẽ “I need (a person)” and manduʼa “remember”: chemanduʼáta hese “I will remember him”.

Examples (4)

  1. Haʼe omaʼẽ pe tapére.

    He looks at that road.

    Omaʼẽ “look at” needs rehe. After tape it shortens to -re.

  2. Ani repena cherehe!

    Do not worry about me!

    Cherehe is one word: che “me” plus rehe “about”.

  3. Chemanduʼáta hese.

    I will remember her.

    Hese is “about her”, the form for the third person.

  4. Amendase nderehe.

    I want to marry you.

    Nderehe is nde “you” plus rehe “at”.

Common Mistakes

  • Leaving out rehe after a verb that needs it.

    Amendase nde.
    Amendase nderehe.

    Amendase “I want to marry” needs rehe, so “you” is nderehe.

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About and At: rehe / re / heseLevel 2About and at: Rehe

Learn This First

Rehe is a longer ending that stands apart, and it joins a pronoun, which the spelling rule covers.

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Words in This Pattern

reherehese