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Guarani

Language
Guarani

Family
Tupian

Ethnologue

ISO

glottolog_id

Verbs table

gloss layer 1 sg 2 sg 3 1incl pl 1 pl 2 pl >1 sg 3>2sg 1>2sg >1pl 3>2pl 1>2pl
be high lexeme cheyvate ndeyvate ijyvate ñandeyvate oreyvate pendeyvate zero zero zero zero zero zero
be high prefix che nde ij ñande ore pende zero zero zero zero zero zero
be high stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem zero zero zero zero zero zero
forget lexeme cheresarái nderesarái hesarái ñanderesarái oreresarái penderesarái zero zero zero zero zero zero
forget prefix che nde zero ñande ore pende zero zero zero zero zero zero
forget stem #stem 2 #stem 2 #stem 1 #stem 2 #stem 2 #stem 2 zero zero zero zero zero zero
know lexeme aikuaa reikuaa oikuaa jaikuaa roikuaa peikuaa chekuaa ndekuaa roikuaa orekuaa pendekuaa poikuaa
know prefix ai rei oi jai roi pei che nde ro-i ore pende po-i
know stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem
love lexeme ahayhu rehayhu ohayhu jahayhu rohayhu pehayhu cherayhu nderayhu rohayhu orerayhu penderayhu pohayhu
love prefix a re o ja ro pe che nde ro ore pende po
love stem #stem 1 #stem 1 #stem 1 #stem 1 #stem 1 #stem 1 #stem 2 #stem 2 #stem 1 #stem 2 #stem 2 #stem 1
meet lexeme ajuhu rejuhu ojuhu jajuhu rojuhu pejuhu chejuhu ndejuhu rojuhu orejuhu pendejuhu pojuhu
meet prefix a re o ja ro pe che nde ro ore pende po
meet stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem
eat lexeme ha'u re'u ho'u ja'u ro'u pe'u
eat prefix ha re ho ja ro pe che nde ro ore pende po
eat stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem #stem

Guarani notes

  • There is phonologically predictable nasal assimilation of some of the prefixes: whenever prenasalized (orthographic) [nd] and [j] appear as part of a prefix, they are realized as (orthographic) [n] and [ñ] if the stem contains a nasal segment.
  • Verbs like 'forget' and 'be high' are stative, or have affected subjects. Their subject inflection matches that of possessed nouns, as well as the corresponding object of a transitive with 3rd person subject, except for the 3rd person.

References

Krivoshein de Canese, Natalia de. 2001. Gramática de la lengua guaraní. Asunción: Colección Nemity.