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Lesson 8 of 10

Getting around in Guarani

Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. 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.

A historic house in San Bernardino, Paraguay
Getting around
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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All 10 Guarani phrases in this lesson

Moõpa oĩ baño?moh-OHN-pah oh-EE BAH-nyoh
Where is the toilet?

Baño is borrowed from Spanish.

Mba'éichapa aha...-pe?mbah-EH-ee-shah-pah ah-HAH ...-peh
How do I get to...?
Asu gotyoah-SOO goh-TYOH
To the left

Literally "toward the left".

Akatúa gotyoah-kah-TOO-ah goh-TYOH
To the right
Tenonde gotyoteh-NON-deh goh-TYOH
Straight ahead

Literally "toward the front".

Ko'ápekoh-AH-peh
Here
Estación de trenes-tah-SYOHN deh tren
Train station

Paraguay has almost no passenger trains; buses go everywhere.

ÓmnibusOHM-nee-boos
Bus

From Spanish. Buses are cheap and stop wherever you wave.

Aeropuertoah-eh-roh-PWER-toh
Airport

Said in Spanish.

Peteĩ boleto mínapeh-teh-EE boh-LEH-toh MEE-nah
One ticket, please

Where Guarani is spoken

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