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Everyday Paraguayan words: che, argel, kaigue
Starter kit: che (hey/mate), na (softener), luego (emphatic), argel (annoying person), karai (sir/Mr.), mitã (kid), kaigue (listless). Many are Guaraní.
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Explanation
A starter kit: che (hey/mate, general address), na (softener), luego (emphatic), argel (an annoying or unpleasant person), karai (sir/Mr., Guaraní), mitã (kid), and kaigue (listless/lazy). Much of the high-frequency vocabulary is Guaraní.
Guaraní words saturate casual speech, especially for people, feelings, and food. Learning a dozen high-frequency items (che, na, luego, argel, karai) makes Paraguayan conversation far easier to follow.
A few more high-frequency items: purete ('great, cool'), vyro / vyrorei ('silly, nonsense'), ka'u ('drunk'), and mbore ('no way'). Note that nde (literally Guaraní 'you') is used to hail someone but can sound blunt or rude depending on tone — safer to recognize than to deploy early.
Examples
That guy is kind of unpleasant.
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Come on, mate, don't be so listless.
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That car is really cool.
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