chete / chejupe

Myself: Chete and Chejupe

Level 5

Chete adds emphasis and chejupe is the object form: Chete ajapovaʼekue “I did it myself”.

How It Works

PersonSubject (myself)Object (to myself)
Ichetechejupe
youndetendejupe
he or shehaʼeteijupe
we (you and I)ñandeteñandejupe
we (without you)oreteorejupe
you allpendetependejupe
theyhaʼekuéraiteijupekuéra

The subject forms are not truly reflexive. They only add emphasis, like “myself” in “I did it myself”. The word voi often follows them.

The object forms point back at the doer. The same family has more members: chejehe “about myself” and chejehegui “from myself”.

Be careful with haʼe. It is usually “he or she”, but in Haʼe avei chejupe it is the verb “I say”.

Examples (3)

  1. Chete ajapovaʼekue.

    I did it myself.

    Chete is the subject word for “I myself”. It repeats the doer for emphasis.

  2. Haʼe avei chejupe.

    I also said to myself.

    Haʼe is “I say” here. Chejupe is “to myself”.

  3. Orete voi rohenduvaʼekue pe yvágagui oñeʼẽva.

    We ourselves heard the one who spoke from heaven.

    Orete is “we ourselves, without you”. Voi adds more emphasis.

How It Connects

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chete / chejupeLevel 5Myself: Chete and Chejupe

Learn This First

Chejupe is an object form like chéve and ichupe.