che / nde / haʼe

I, You and He or She

Level 1

Che means I, nde means you and haʼe means he, she or it.

How It Works

Pronoun	Meaning	Active prefix	Example
che	I	a-	Che apurahéi.
nde	you	re-	Nde repurahéi.
haʼe	he, she, it	o-	Haʼe opurahéi.

You do not need these pronouns in most sentences, because the prefix on the verb already shows the person. Use them to stress who you mean or to answer “who?”.

With a describing word of the inactive set, the pronoun can come before the marked word: Nde ndekatupyry “You are capable”.

Use ha “and” to join two people: Che ha nde jajoguáta juky “You and I will buy salt”. Guarani has no separate polite word for one person, so nde is the word for you.

Examples (5)

Che apurahéi.
I sing.
The pronoun che goes with the prefix a-.
Nde repurahéi.
You sing.
The pronoun nde goes with the prefix re-.
Haʼe opurahéi.
He or she sings.
The pronoun haʼe goes with the prefix o-.
Nde ndekatupyry.
You are capable.
The pronoun nde comes before the inactive word ndekatupyry.
Che ha nde jajoguáta juky.
You and I will buy salt.
Ha “and” joins che and nde, and the verb takes ja- for we.

Common Mistakes

Using a pronoun with the wrong verb prefix.
Che repurahéi
Che apurahéi
The pronoun and the prefix must match: che goes with a-, and nde goes with re-.

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che / nde / haʼeLevel 1I, You and He or She

Learn This First

Each pronoun goes with a verb prefix, so the prefixes come first.

a- / re- / o- / ja- / ro- / pe-Active Person Prefixes
Know the active prefixes, because each pronoun goes with one of them: Che apuka, nde repuka, haʼe opuka.
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