peteĩ / mokõi / mbohapy / irundy

Counting to Four

Level 1

Peteĩ, mokõi, mbohapy and irundy are one, two, three and four.

How It Works

Number	Word	Example
1	peteĩ	peteĩ jagua “one dog”
2	mokõi	mokõi mitã “two children”
3	mbohapy	mbohapy ovecha “three sheep”
4	irundy	irundy apyka “four chairs”

The noun usually stays the same after a number: mokõi jyva “two arms”. The number already says how many, so a plural ending is not needed, although some speakers add one anyway.

To give an age, Guarani says “have … years”: Mbovy ary reguereko? “How old are you?” and Aguereko irundy ary “I am four years old”.

These four are the old Guarani numbers. School books also teach Guarani numbers for five and up, but people rarely use them in everyday talk. For those, see the entry on numbers above four.

Examples (5)

Che ru oguereko mbohapy kavaju.
My father has three horses.
Mbohapy comes before kavaju, and kavaju does not change.
Aguereko irundy ary.
I am four years old.
Irundy counts the years. Guarani says “I have four years”.
Mokõi jyva.
Two arms.
Mokõi comes before the noun, and the noun has no ending.
Mokõi kuña opurahéi.
Two women are singing.
Mokõi comes before kuña, and the verb has no plural ending either.
Peteĩ, mokõi, mbohapy, irundy.
One, two, three, four.
These are the four counting words in order.

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peteĩ / mokõi / mbohapy / irundyLevel 1Counting to Four

Learn This First

Counting from one to four starts with peteĩ, which also works like a.

peteĩA and One
Know peteĩ “one”, because it starts the counting: mokõi mitã “two children”, mbohapy ovecha “three sheep”.
Level 1

Learn Next

Patterns that build on this one.

First, Second, Third: -haLevel 4

Words in This Pattern

peteĩmokõimbohapyirundymokõimbohapyirundy

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