guive / peve
Since and Until: Guive and Peve
Aguata che róga guive mboʼehao peve “I walk from my house to school”.
How It Works
Both words come after what they describe, never before. They work with times (koʼẽ guive “since morning”), with places (mombyry guive “from far away”) and with a whole event (Juan og̃uahẽ peve “until Juan arrived”).
| Word | Meaning | Example |
|---|---|---|
| guive | from, since | koʼẽrõ guive “from tomorrow” |
| peve | until, to | pyhare peve “until night” |
For ranges of numbers speakers say 15 ary guive 40 peve “from age 15 to 40”. After a nasal word, peve becomes meve.
Do not mix up guive with the short -gui “from”, which joins its noun. Guive is a longer word that stands apart and marks a starting point.
Examples (4)
- Aguata che róga guive mboʼehao peve.
I walk from my house to school.
Guive follows che róga “my house”. Peve follows mboʼehao “school”.
- Mombyry guive aju ne rendápe.
I come to you from far away.
Guive also marks a place where the trip starts.
- Che sy ohaʼarõ che ru og̃uahẽ peve.
My mother waited until my father arrived.
Peve can follow a whole clause.
- Koʼẽrõ guive aháta mboʼehaópe.
From tomorrow I will go to school.
Koʼẽrõ guive sets the starting day.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Guive and peve are longer endings that stand apart, so the spelling rule comes first.
Related Patterns
- In, On, At and To: -pe / -meIn, On, At and to: -pe
Peve is built on -pe; the same ending also means “in, on, at, to”.
Level 1 - From: -gui
-gui is the short joined word for “from”.
Level 1 - gotyo / ngotyoTowards: Gotyo
Gotyo is another postposition that stands apart: “towards”.
Level 2 - Around and Through: rupi
Rupi follows a noun too and means “around” or “through”.
Level 2 - Nasal Forms of Endings
Peve and meve are one of the nasal pairs.
Level 2
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