From: -gui
-gui means from, and hegui is its form after che, nde, ñande, ore and pende.
How It Works
Join -gui to the end of a noun to say where something starts or comes from.
| Word | With -gui | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| merkádo | merkádogui | from the market |
| Paraguarí | Paraguarígui | from Paraguarí |
| moõ | moõgui | from where |
After che, nde, ñande, ore or pende, use hegui and write one word. For “him or her” the form is ichugui.
| Person | Form |
|---|---|
| me | chehegui |
| you (one person) | ndehegui |
| him or her | ichugui |
| us, with you | ñandehegui |
| us, without you | orehegui |
| you all | pendehegui |
A few verbs need -gui for the person or thing they are about. The verb for “forget” is one: nanderesaráiri chehegui “do not forget me”.
-gui can also mean “than” or “because of”. Those uses have their own entries.
Examples (5)
- Haʼekuéra ogueru chipa Paraguarígui.
They bring chipa from Paraguarí.
-gui joins Paraguarí and says where the chipa comes from.
- Moõguipa reju?
Where do you come from?
Moõ plus -gui is “from where”.
- Ana ou Paraguáigui.
Ana comes from Paraguay.
-gui joins Paraguái, and the accent mark stays because -gui is not stressed.
- Oúkuri merkádogui.
He has just come from the market.
-gui joins merkádo and names the place he left.
- Epoi chehegui.
Let go of me.
Chehegui is che plus hegui, written as one word.
Common Mistakes
Joining -gui straight to a pronoun.
Epoi chegui.Epoi chehegui.After che, nde, ñande, ore or pende the ending is hegui.
How It Connects
Learn This First
The ending -gui is the from partner of -pe, so -pe comes first.
Related Patterns
Words in This Pattern
Practice From: -gui in Bubblegum
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