gueteri

Still: Gueteri

Level 2

Gueteri means “still”: Che ndaikói gueteri Paraguáipe “I do not live in Paraguay yet”.

How It Works

Gueteri follows the verb it talks about.

AfterMeaningExample
a plain verbstilloikove gueteri “he or she is still alive”
a negative verbnot yetndaikói gueteri “I do not live there yet”

The opposite idea is -ma “already”. Gueteri can also come right before a second verb in a negative sentence: ndaikatumoʼãi gueteri reiko yvágape “you will not be able to live in heaven yet”.

Gueteri is a word of time, like koʼẽrõ “tomorrow”. It takes no person marker and no tense ending, so the verb before it shows who and when.

Examples (4)

  1. Don Pedro oikove gueteri.

    Don Pedro is still alive.

    Gueteri follows the verb oikove and says “still”.

  2. Che ndaikói gueteri Paraguáipe.

    I do not live in Paraguay yet.

    The verb is negative, so gueteri means “not yet”.

  3. Che nañeʼẽporãi gueteri guaraníme.

    I do not speak Guarani well yet.

    Nañeʼẽporãi is negative, and gueteri follows it.

  4. Che sy oke gueteri.

    My mother is still sleeping.

    Oke is a plain verb, so gueteri means “still”.

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Gueteri says still, and after a negative verb it says not yet, so the negative comes first.

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