Counting in Guarani

Language overview

Forty-two in Guarani The Guarani language (avañe’ẽ) belongs to the Tupi–Guarani branch of the Tupian language family. Mostly spoken in Paraguay where it is co-official with Spanish, but also in communities in Argentina, Bolivia and Brazil, it is also one of the official languages of the Mercosur trade bloc alongside Spanish and Portuguese. Guarani counts about 4.85 million speakers.

Guarani numbers list

  • 1 – peteĩ
  • 2 – mokõi
  • 3 – mbohapy
  • 4 – irundy
  • 5 – po
  • 6 – poteĩ
  • 7 – pokõi
  • 8 – poapy
  • 9 – porundy
  • 10 – pa
  • 11 – pateĩ
  • 12 – pakõi
  • 13 – paapy
  • 14 – parundy
  • 15 – papo
  • 16 – papoteĩ
  • 17 – papokõi
  • 18 – papoapy
  • 19 – paporundy
  • 20 – mokõipa
  • 30 – mbohapypa
  • 40 – irundypa
  • 50 – popa
  • 60 – poteĩpa
  • 70 – pokõipa
  • 80 – poapypa
  • 90 – porundypa
  • 100 – sa
  • 1,000 – su
  • one million – sua

Guarani numbering rules

Now that you’ve had a gist of the most useful numbers, let’s move to the writing rules for the tens, the compound numbers, and why not the hundreds, the thousands and beyond (if possible).

  • Digits from zero to one are rendered by specific words: mba’eve [0], peteĩ [1], mokõi [2], mbohapy [3], irundy [4], po (which also means hand) [5], poteĩ [6], pokõi [7], poapy [8], and porundy [9].
  • Tens are formed by suffixing the multiplier digit with the word for ten (pa) with no space, except for ten itself: pa [10], mokõipa [20], mbohapypa [30], irundypa [40], popa [50], poteĩpa [60], pokõipa [70], poapypa [80], and porundypa [90].
  • Compound numbers are formed starting with the ten, then the unit with no space for the teens, and separated with a space from twenty-one to ninety-nine (e.g.: papoteĩ [16], mokõipa pokõi [27]).
  • Hundreds are formed by suffixing the multiplier digit with the word for hundred (sa) with no space, except for one hundred: sa [100], mokõisa [200], mbohapysa [300], irundysa [400], posa [500], poteĩsa [600], pokõisa [700], poapysa [800], and porundysa [900].
  • Thousands are formed by suffixing the multiplier digit with the word for thousand (su) with no space, except for one thousand: su [1,000], mokõisu [2,000], mbohapysu [3,000], irundysu [4,000], posu [5,000], poteĩsu [6,000], pokõisu [7,000], poapysu [8,000], and porundysu [9,000].
  • The word for million is sua. Millions are formed regularly like hundreds and thousands, suffixing the multiplier digit with the word for million: sua [1,000,000], mokõisua [2,000,000], mbohapysua [3,000,000]…

Write a number in full in Guarani

Let’s move now to the practice of the numbering rules in Guarani. Will you guess how to write a number in full? Enter a number and try to write it down in your head, or maybe on a piece of paper, before displaying the result.

Books

Guarani-English/English-Guarani Concise Dictionary Guarani-English/English-Guarani Concise Dictionary
by , editors Hippocrene Books (2005)
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El Idioma Y Cultura Guarani En Paraguay El Idioma Y Cultura Guarani En Paraguay
by , editors Lulu.com (2011)
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Tupi languages

Cocama, and Guarani.

Other supported languages

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