péicha / upéicha

Like That: Péicha

Level 2

Péicha and upéicha mean “like that”: Péicha haʼe “It is so”.

How It Works

Péicha and upéicha answer the question mbaʼéichapa “how?”. Both end in -icha “like”.

WordBuilt fromMeans
péichape “that” + -ichalike that, so
upéichaupe “that” + -ichathat way, like that

Estigarribia glosses both words with the same pe “that”, and he does not describe a difference between them. In the book, péicha says how something is done (remaña péicha “you look like that”) and agrees with what was said (Péicha haʼe “It is so”). Upéicha means “that way” (Japyta upéicha “That is the plan”).

The pe in péicha is the same pe as in pe kuimbaʼe “that man”, the one near the person you talk to. For “like this”, near you, the Academy grammar gives kóicha, and for something far away it gives amóicha.

To say no, the circle goes around the whole word: ndaupéichai “it is not like that”. A close phrase is péa haʼe, with péa “that one” in the place of péicha.

Examples (4)

  1. Péicha haʼe.

    It is so.

    A short way to agree with what was said.

  2. Japyta upéicha.

    That is the plan.

    Upéicha means “that way”: we stay that way.

  3. Ejapo péicha.

    Do it like that.

    Péicha says how, and it follows the verb.

  4. Mbaʼéguipa remaña péicha nde sýre?

    Why are you looking at your mother like that?

    Péicha stands after the verb remaña and says how you look.

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péicha / upéichaLevel 2Like That: Péicha

Learn This First

Péicha is built on pe and upe, so the words for this and that come first.

Words in This Pattern

péichaupéichakóicha