Compliments

1. Iporãiterei tembi'u.

   I-po-rã-i-te-rei tem-bi-'u.

   The food is very delicious.

   Usage

   Complimenting someone on the delicious food

   Grammar Note

   "porã" is a fundamental Guaraní adjective meaning "beautiful", "good", or "delicious"

2. Ko tetã porãiterei.

   Ko te-tã po-rã-i-te-rei.

   This country is very beautiful.

   Usage

   Telling locals that their country is beautiful

   Grammar Note

   "tetã" is the native Guaraní word for "country" or "homeland"

3. Nde guaraní ñe'ẽ porã.

   Nde gua-ra-ní ñe-'ẽ po-rã.

   Your Guaraní is very good.

   Usage

   Complimenting someone on their Guaraní language skills

   Grammar Note

   "ñe'ẽ" means "language/word"; "guaraní ñe'ẽ" refers to the Guaraní language

4. Aguyje nde mborayhúre.

   A-guy-je nde mbo-ray-hú-re.

   Thank you for your hospitality.

   Usage

   Thanking someone for their warm hospitality

   Grammar Note

   "mborayhu" means "love/kindness" and covers hospitality. The thing one is thankful for is marked by the postposition "-re" (for/about). "-gua" means "originating from" and cannot mark the object of thanks

5. Nde ñe'ẽ porãite.

   Nde ñe-'ẽ po-rã-i-te.

   Your speech was very wonderful.

   Usage

   Complimenting someone on how well they spoke

   Grammar Note

   "ñe'ẽ" broadly means "word", "language", or "speech" in Guaraní

6. Nde ao porãite.

   Nde ao po-rã-i-te.

   Your clothes are very beautiful.

   Usage

   Complimenting someone's clothes or traditional Guaraní attire

   Grammar Note

   "ao" is the native Guaraní word for "clothes". "porã" means "beautiful/good"

7. Nde rembi'u iporãiterei.

   Nde rem-bi-'u i-po-rã-i-te-rei.

   Your cooking is delicious.

   Usage

   Complimenting someone on a delicious meal they cooked

   Grammar Note

   "tembi'u" (food) becomes "rembi'u" when possessed (nde rembi'u = your food). "japu'a" derives from "apu'a" (round), as in "ijapu'a" (it is round) — it never means cooking. For "to cook", use "mbojy" or "tembi'u'apo"

8. Nde ñe'ẽ guaraní porãite.

   Nde ñe-'ẽ gua-ra-ní po-rã-i-te.

   Your Guaraní is very good.

   Usage

   Praising someone's Guaraní language skills; especially appreciated when said to foreign learners

   Grammar Note

   "ñe'ẽ" means "language/word". "nde ñe'ẽ guaraní" means "your Guaraní language"

9. Ko tetã porãite.

   Ko te-tã po-rã-i-te.

   This country is very wonderful.

   Usage

   Expressing admiration for Paraguay; locals will be very pleased to hear this

   Grammar Note

   "tetã" means "country/territory". Paraguay is a bilingual country with Guaraní as a co-official language

10. Nde pytyvõ porãite.

    Nde py-ty-võ po-rã-i-te.

    Your help has been very wonderful.

    Usage

    Formally thanking and praising someone for their helpful assistance

    Grammar Note

    "pytyvõ" means "help/assistance" in native Guaraní. "-ite" is the intensifying suffix "very/truly"

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