Language/Paraguayan-guarani/Grammar/Pronouns

Guarani personal pronouns

Guarani distinguishes between inclusive and exclusive pronouns of the first person plural.

		singular	plural
1st person	inclusive	che	ñande
	exclusive		ore
2nd person		nde	peẽ
3rd person		haʼe	haʼekuéra/ hikuái (*)

• Hikuái is a Post-verbal pronoun (oHecha hikuái – they see )

Reflexive pronoun: je: ahecha ("I look"), ajehecha ("I look at myself")

Guarani demonstrative pronouns

Demonstrative pronouns are used with nouns to make them more specific. The demonstrative pronouns 'this' in English is 'ko' in Guarani.

ko aranduka	this book
ko tapicha	this person
ko mesa	this table
ko yva mansana	this apple
ko kavaju	this horse

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guarani_language