guáicha / guaréicha / guarãicha

Like Then, Like Now: Guáicha

Level 6

Guáicha, guaréicha and guarãicha compare with a time, an adverb or a clause.

How It Works

Time of the comparisonEndingExample
no special time-guáichatapiaguáicha “as always”
in the past-guaréichakueheguaréicha “like yesterday”
in the future-guarãicharemanorõ guarãicha “as if you are going to die”

Each one is built from a form of -gua “of, from” and -icha “like”: -gua for no special time, -guare for the past and -guarã for the future. Tapia “always” plus -gua plus -icha gives tapiaguáicha.

The endings -guáicha and -guaréicha join the word before them and are written as one word. The book writes guarãicha apart from the clause, as in remanorõ guarãicha. The stress sits on the á of guáicha and the é of guaréicha. In guarãicha the tilde carries the stress.

You can also add them to a clause: okéramoguáicha “as if he were asleep”, with ramo “if” joined between the verb and the ending.

Examples (4)

  1. Tapiaguáicha.

    As always.

    Tapia “always” plus -guáicha says “as it always is”.

  2. Kueheguaréicha.

    Like yesterday.

    Kuehe “yesterday” plus -guaréicha, the form for a time in the past.

  3. Okéramoguáicha hína.

    As if he was asleep.

    Okéramo is “if he sleeps”, and -guáicha adds “as if”.

  4. Reikovaʼerã remanorõ guarãicha, ha rembaʼapovaʼerã remanoʼỹrõ guarãicha.

    You must live as if you are going to die, and you must work as if you are not going to die.

    Guarãicha follows a clause about the future: remanorõ “if you die”.

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guáicha / guaréicha / guarãichaLevel 6Like Then, Like Now: Guáicha

Learn This First

This ending is built from -gua, -icha and a time word.

Words in This Pattern

-ichakuehe