Days and Months in School Guarani

Level 5

Ára “day” and jasy “moon, month” plus a number name the days and months: arateĩ “Sunday”, jasyteĩ “January”.

How It Works

The week starts on Sunday here: arateĩ is “day one”. Each name is ára “day” plus a school number, and the first syllable of the number is often dropped.

DayName
Sundayarateĩ
Mondayarakõi
Tuesdayaraapy
Wednesdayararundy
Thursdayarapo
Fridayarapoteĩ
Saturdayarapokõi

Months use jasy “moon” and a number in the same way: jasyteĩ January, jasykõi February, jasyapy March, jasyrundy April, jasypo May, jasypoteĩ June, jasypokõi July, jasypoapy August, jasyporundy September, jasypa October, jasypateĩ November, jasypakõi December.

You will see these names in News, school books and official papers. People who talk in everyday Guarani use the Spanish names for days and months.

Examples (4)

  1. Arapokõi ha arateĩ jave poteĩ aravo guive poapy aravo peve.

    On Saturdays and Sundays, from six until eight.

    Arapokõi “Saturday” and arateĩ “Sunday”. Poteĩ aravo is six and poapy aravo is eight on the clock; aravo means “hour”.

  2. Koʼára arapo.

    Today is Thursday.

    Koʼára is “today”. Arapo is ára plus po “five”, the fifth day.

  3. Ary oñepyrũ arapoteĩme.

    The year begins on a Friday.

    Arapoteĩ is ára plus poteĩ “six”, the sixth day. The ending -pe turns into -me after a nasal word.

  4. 22 jasypoteĩ 2018.

    22 June 2018.

    Jasypoteĩ is jasy “moon” plus poteĩ “six”, the sixth month. The Academy writes its own dates this way.

How It Connects

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Days and Months in School GuaraniLevel 5

Learn This First

The day and month names are built from the school numbers.

Words in This Pattern

árajasyarateĩarakõiaraapyararundyarapoarapoteĩarapokõijasyteĩjasykõijasyapyjasyrundyjasypojasypoteĩjasypokõijasypoapyjasyporundyjasypajasypateĩjasypakõi