Guaraní Paraguay
Interesting Fact #1
Guaraní has no gender and lacks a definite article, however native speakers have begun to use the Spanish la and lo in their Guaraní sentences.
Interesting Fact #2
Guaraní is spoken by about 4-5 million people in the world, about 3 million of whom live in Paraguay, with the rest mainly in the adjacent political area of Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia.
Interesting Fact #3
Paraguay means ‘born of water’ or ‘river that gives birth to the sea’. Others say that ‘para’ means great river, ‘gua’ means from or to, and ‘y’ means water—making ‘water from the great river’.
Music in Guaraní from Paraguay
Whether you’re in a convenience store in Asunción, the Chaco Desert, or Encaración, you’re likely to hear Cumbia. In Latin America, no musical style has been as widespread and unifying, though another uniquely paraguayan genre is called Polka. The The Paraguayan Polka, or Danza Paraguaya is very different from the traditional polka, mainly because the Paraguayan version combines ternary and binary rhythms, whereas the European only uses binary. The first track is a children’s song from the early nineties, and the following two tracks are polka sung in Guaraní.
Art by Dulcina Segobia
Areguá is known for its colonial architecture and historic cobblestone streets. Areguá is known as the “City of Strawberries” due to its strawberry farms. Ypacaraí Lake is a major body of water located in Paraguay, about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of the capital, Asunción. The lake lies in the western part of the Asunción-Sapucai-Villarrica graben, a tectonic depression from the Mesozoic Era, and drains to the northwest through the Salado River into the Paraguay River. Areguá is known as the artistic city of Paraguay.
Ara'i — The Cloud
Aravera — The lightning
Búrro ― The Donkey
Foco ― The Light Bulb
Frutilla — The Strawberry
Guampa ― The Terere Cup
Guapuru — The Paraguayan Grape Tree
Jakare — The Crocodile
Javeyi — The Stingray
Jurumi — The Anteater
Jyi — The Rainbow
Kapi’yva — The Capybara
Karaí pyhare — The man of the night
Eiru oheka yvoty kuera — The bee searches for flowers
Ko’ẽtĩ — The Sunrise
Kora — The circle
Kuatiañe’é — The book
Kumanda ― The green bean
Kururú — The toad
Locote ― The bell pepper
Mamóne — The papaya
Mandi’o — The yucca
Mango — The mango
Mbyjajere — The planet
Jasy ― The moon
Nambi — The ear
Ñana — The herb
Ñandú guasu — The ostrich
Ñati’u — The mosquito
Pakova — The banana
Pandorga — The kite
Parãi — The piranha
Po — The hand
Pomelo — The grapefruit
Pyteha — The metal straw
Tapé Hu ― The highway
Tahamar — The lagoon
Takambyapy — The triangle
Takambyrundy — The square
Takuara — The bamboo
Tesa — The eye
Tĩ — The nose
Tokãi — The guinea
Tomate — The tomato
Tu’i — The parakeet
Tuku — The grasshopper
Urukure’a — The owl
Urupe – The mushroom
Umi guyra kuera oveve oñondivepa — The birds fly together
Ype — The duck
Yvoty — The flower
Yvyra — The Tree
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