Customer Reviews

Guarani-English/ English-Guarani Concise Dictionary

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If you don't speak Spanish, this is probably the dictionary you want to get. The Spanish-Guarani dictionaries are more complete, in-depth and yet like Guarani much harder to understand. (OK, so why don't I rate this higher?)

I bought this book while going through a bookstore in Asuncion. I didn't realize it was in English. I don't like it, yet I use it a lot. As I think about it, I usually find the words I'm looking for in it and the indicated Guarani pronounciation is usually pretty good. I have been able to generally find the words I was looking for. So why don't I like it? Maybe because it is a small book. Not the large volume I'm used to using done by Guasch so long ago.

Ha pue, e-jogua mi ko livro. Well, buy the book then!

If you are looking for an English-Guarani dictionary then this is probably the book for you. There aren't too many other versions available and this seems about the best. This sudden internal dialogue caused me to move the star rating up one, too.

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I don't know if I would consider this dictionary the best. I like using it simply because it goes from Guarani to English. I have found quite a few words that aren't in this dictionary. I still have to occasionally look up words in my Ne'eryru dictionary from Paraguay.

Also, some of the words are translated weird, for example, mbo'ehara is translated in this dictionary as master, professor, educator, instructor. It nevers mentions teacher.

It's a good dictionary, but not great.

I am about to leave for Paraguay with the Peace Corps in a matter of days and will have to learn the indigenous language of Guarani. There is very very little literature to help prepare your mind for this language. This book/seller was a lifesaver :)

I was a foreign exchange student in Paraguay, and before I left I bought this dictionary. I had hoped to study Guaraní from it, but eventually gave up after finding many words that were not accurately translated. Alternate spellings are rarely listed, which makes finding words difficult in a language like Guaraní that is more oral than written, with lots of regional variations. The small number of words and lack of compound words (which is basically all words that you'd encounter) made this dictionary basically useless to me. It may just be outdated, but overall, I would not recommend it. Better to buy a good English-Spanish dictionary before you go, then the little blue Ñe'êryru Guaraní-Español dictionary that nearly every student in Paraguay seems to own. It's fairly cheap, and if you need a real Guaraní dictionary, is definitely worth the few dollars.

I had a really hard time finding a Guarani/English dictionary. This is really helpful to have. I was next to the Brazilian border, so I only ran across one person who only spoke Guarani. If you are going to be next to the Brazilian side, get an English/German along with your Spanish/English.