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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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