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Lesson 4 of 10

Counting to ten in Guarani

One to ten, for prices, platforms, rooms and how many beers. 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.

Colourful ceramic crafts on display in Areguá, Paraguay
Counting to ten
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Guarani phrases in this lesson

Peteĩpeh-teh-EE
One
Mokõimoh-KOH-ee
Two
Mbohapymboh-ah-PUH
Three
Irundyee-roon-DUH
Four
Popoh
Five

Also the word for hand.

Poteĩpoh-teh-EE
Six

Literally "hand-one", five plus one. Seven to nine follow the same pattern.

Pokõipoh-KOH-ee
Seven
Poapypoh-ah-PUH
Eight
Porundypoh-roon-DUH
Nine
Papah
Ten

In shops, prices are said in Spanish, and the currency is the guaraní.

Where Guarani is spoken

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