40 Beverages in Chamorro

Let’s learn how to talk about beverages in Chamorro with this list of 40 terms that can help us learn different types of water, juice, tea, milk, and other drinks. We’ll also learn how we can talk about drinks, including the grammar needed to talk about drinks that belong to people (i.e.: my coffee, your water) and we’ll go through some example phrases we might use in daily life. Audio is included with this word list. Happy studying!

100 Adjectives in Chamorro

One thing I remember clearly from my first few months learning Chamorro was the lack of comprehensive, useful word lists to study. At the time I was told to use the dictionary, and I remember burning hours of time searching for words, only to be told I was using the wrong word or using a word in the wrong context. Many times I was unable to find a word at all. This can leave a person burnt out and discouraged. I remember a friend saying, “I only have 30 minutes a day to study, and I can’t spend that 30 minutes searching for a single word!” So one thing I feel passionate about doing here on my blog is putting together as many word lists as possible, or linking to other word lists online, to help make our studying more efficient. 🙂

So here is a list of 100 adjectives in Chamorro, to get you started. Some of these adjectives are based on the beginner word list by Gabriel Wyner and some of these adjectives I added based upon what I’ve read or listened to. I also believe in the power of spaced-repetition and quality flashcards, and recommend Gabriel Wyner’s guide on how to make Simple Word Flashcards to make an effective study tool to learn these words. Also check out my post on digital flashcards to see Chamorro-specific examples of different ways to make your flashcards.

UPDATE 3/10/24 – Changed the word for “smooth” to the correct term, måhlos.

Introduction to Pronouns in Chamorro

In this post we will learn about pronouns in Chamorro, including the four pronoun groups, important features of pronouns in Chamorro, and general tips for how the different pronouns are used.

The Calendar in Chamorro (Spanish)

In Chamorro, we actually have two calendars – one calendar is the traditional Chamorro calendar, based upon the phases of the moon. The other calendar is the western calendar, which is based upon the sun and takes its days and months from Spanish. In this post, we’ll go over the days and months that use Spanish loanwords, how to make dates, and how to use these words in basic phrases.

Time of Day in Chamorro

In this post, we will go over words and basic phrases that we can use to talk about time in Chamorro. This includes time of day (i.e.: morning, evening, night) and general phrases about time (i.e.: last week, a few days later, almost every day, etc.).

Word List: 30 Intransitive Verbs for Beginners

Here’s another post to prepare for learning about intransitive sentences. I’ve included 30 intransitive verbs that beginners can use to get started when creating basic action sentences, such as “I walked” or “They went to the store.” Each list indicates if the verb takes the UM infix, the MA prefix, or no affix for being used in basic action sentences, and can be used to practice sentence types in my notes tagged under Basic Intransitive Sentences.