Signs

1. Tereg̃uahẽ porãite

   Welcome

   Usage

   The standard Guaraní welcome, and the phrase you are most likely to meet in writing: on the arches at town and department boundaries, at the entrance of government offices and schools, and on event banners. The Spanish half of the same sign reads Bienvenidos. Addressed to more than one person it becomes Peg̃uahẽ porãite

2. Ndaikatúi ojepita. Ko'ápe nda'ijái tatatĩ

   No smoking — smoking is not permitted here

   Usage

   The no-smoking notice whose exact wording is fixed by Paraguay's tobacco control law (Ley 5538). It is paired with the Spanish «Prohibido fumar. Ambiente 100% libre de humo de tabaco» on a black-on-yellow plate of at least 20 x 40 cm, required at the entrances, corridors, lifts, toilets and canteens of enclosed public buildings, workplaces, schools and public transport. On real plates the acute accent and the pusó are often dropped, giving Ko'ape or Ko´ape

3. Tetã Rekuái

   National Government (state wordmark)

   Usage

   Part of the Paraguayan state's shared wordmark, stacked with GOBIERNO NACIONAL. It appears on ministry and public hospital name plates, state vehicles, and official notices. Spotting it tells you the building or vehicle belongs to the national government

4. Moakãhapavẽ

   Directorate-General (government office)

   Usage

   The Guaraní for Dirección General on the bilingual name plates of government buildings; a plain Dirección is Moakãha. The language-policy secretariat names its own units the same way (Ñe'ẽnguéra Rapereka Moakãhapavẽ). A traveler meets it only when checking which office a government entrance belongs to

5. Moakãhapavẽ Jeva Rehegua

   Directorate-General of Migration

   Usage

   The Guaraní line on the name plate of the Dirección General de Migraciones in Asunción; the same plate carries REPUBLICA DEL PARAGUAY, MINISTERIO DEL INTERIOR and DIRECCIÓN GENERAL DE MIGRACIONES in Spanish. This is the office for visa extensions and entry-record matters, so the plate is worth recognising at the door

6. Aguyje

   Thank you (closing line on notices)

   Usage

   The sign-off at the bottom of government notices and campaign posters, and on handwritten notes around shop counters. The typical pattern is a notice written in Spanish that closes with this single Guaraní word

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