Haku and Guarani

"Haku" means hot in Guarani. As in "it's hot today". 39 degrees Celsius. That means the water comes out of the tap hot (normally we just have cold water). Hot enough that when we put our metal ice cups under water to get the ice out of them, the ice explodes. Hot enough that it heats up the cups and when we put them back in our freezer, which needs to be defrosted, they melt through the thick layer of ice and snow all the way down to the metal shelf in a second or two. The good news is that they just changed the weather forcast and there is a chance of thunder storms the next three days.

Guarani uses a lot of suffixes and prefixes. One word can have more than one of each so the words sometimes get a little long. Here's one we came across today.

Eñemomombyrymíkena

It means "For goodness sake, stay far . . ."


Here's a tongue twister, see if you can say it fast three times in a row.

Ha'e he'i ho'uha he'ẽ hu'ũ ha héva ha ho'aha ho'uhápe

This one means "he said that he ate something sweet, tender, and delicious and that he fell while eating."