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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Guarani
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Guarani words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Guarani phrases in this lesson
- Peteĩ mesa mokõi tapichápepeh-teh-EE MEH-sah moh-KOH-ee tah-pee-SHAH-peh
- A table for two
- Pe menu mínapeh meh-NOO MEE-nah
- The menu, please
- Mba'épa iporãve?mbah-EH-pah ee-poh-RAH-veh
- What do you recommend?
- Nda'úi...ndah-OO-ee
- I don't eat...
- Che alérgico...-guisheh ah-LER-hee-koh ...-gwee
- I'm allergic to...
- So'osoh-OH
- Meat
- Ryguasuruh-GWAH-soo
- Chicken
- Pirapee-RAH
- Fish
- He'ẽ porãheh-ENG poh-RAH
- It's delicious
- Tesãi!teh-SAH-ee
- Cheers
Literally "a table for two people".
Literally "what is better?". Try chipa, the cheese bread, or sopa paraguaya, which is a solid cornbread.
"Nda'úi so'o", I don't eat meat.
Grilled beef, asado, is the Sunday ritual.
River fish like surubí are the local catch.
Literally "tastes good".
Literally "health!". Most Paraguayans also say the Spanish "salud".