Numbers

1. Peteĩ, mokõi, mbohapy

   Pe-teĩ, mo-kõi, mbo-ha-py

   One, two, three

   Usage

   Basic Guaraní numbers 1 to 3

   Grammar Note

   Guaraní numbers are native words containing nasal vowels like ĩ and õ

2. Irundy, po, poteĩ

   I-run-dy, po, po-teĩ

   Four, five, six

   Usage

   Guaraní numbers 4 to 6

   Grammar Note

   "po" means "hand" and represents five fingers

3. Pokõi, poapy, porundy

   Po-kõi, po-a-py, po-run-dy

   Seven, eight, nine

   Usage

   Guaraní numbers 7 to 9

   Grammar Note

   Seven through nine are compounds built on "po" (five) plus the remainder

4. Pa

   Ten

   Usage

   The Guaraní word for ten

   Grammar Note

   "pa" refers to both hands (ten fingers) and means ten

5. Mboýpa oĩ?

   Mbo-ý-pa o-ĩ?

   How many are there?

   Usage

   Used to ask the quantity of something

   Grammar Note

   "mbovy" (colloquially "mboy") means "how many"; the interrogative clitic -pa turns it into "mboýpa".

6. Pateĩ, pakõi, paapy

   Pa-teĩ, pa-kõi, pa-a-py

   Eleven, twelve, thirteen

   Usage

   Guaraní numbers eleven through thirteen

   Grammar Note

   Eleven to nineteen join pa (ten) directly to the unit with no space; the unit loses its onset (peteĩ→teĩ, mokõi→kõi, mbohapy→apy).

7. Mokõipa, mbohapypa

   Mo-kõi-pa, mbo-ha-py-pa

   Twenty, thirty

   Usage

   Guaraní numbers twenty and thirty, useful for prices when shopping

   Grammar Note

   Tens suffix pa (ten) directly onto the numeral with no space (irundypa 40, popa 50…). Essential for haggling at markets.

8. Sa

   One hundred

   Usage

   The Guaraní expression for one hundred, used for larger amounts

   Grammar Note

   One hundred is its own word, "sa"; higher hundreds suffix sa onto the numeral (mokõisa 200, mbohapysa 300…). A thousand is "su" and a million "sua".

9. Peteĩ arýpe, mokõi arýpe

   Pe-te-ĩ a-rý-pe, mo-kõi a-rý-pe

   In one year, in two years

   Usage

   Expressing time spans in years

   Grammar Note

   ary means "year/sky/heavens" in Guaraní. -pe is a locative postposition for place and time

10. Mboýpa hepy?

    Mbo-ý-pa he-py?

    How much does it cost?

    Usage

    The standard phrase for asking a price when shopping

    Grammar Note

    "hepy" covers price, expensiveness and value; "mboýpa hepy" literally asks "how much is the price".

11. Mokõipa pokõi ary areko.

    Mo-kõi-pa po-kõi a-ry a-re-ko.

    I'm 27 years old

    Usage

    Giving your age

    Grammar Note

    Guaraní states age as "numeral + ary + the verb of having", the word order of "13 ary oguereko" (was thirteen years old) with the third person changed to the first. "Guereko" means "Tener, poseer"

12. Ko ary mokõipa poapy ary amboty.

    Ko a-ry mo-kõi-pa po-a-py a-ry am-bo-ty.

    I turn 28 this year

    Usage

    Saying what age you will reach during the current year

    Grammar Note

    "mboty" basically means "to close", but with years it means to complete an age — the word for birthday, "aramboty" (ára + mboty), is built from it. "15 ary omboty peve" (until he turned fifteen) is the same frame with the third person changed to the first. "ko ary" means "this year"

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