Basic Actions Part 14: Using Debidi With Intransitive Verbs to Talk About What We Must or Should Do  – “I must stay”

Continuing with our basic action sentences, we will learn how to make must / should statements with our intransitive verbs. We will be able to say sentences like “I must sleep” or “You must/should rest” by putting the word debidi (also spelled as debi de) at the front of our future tense sentences.

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Basic Actions Part 12: Making Future Tense Sentences in Chamorro With Intransitive Verbs – “I will stay”

Here is another Chamorro grammar post, where we will look at how to make some future tense statements with intransitive verbs. We’ll cover the future tense markers, how to use intransitive verbs in this tense, and how to say sentences like “I will stay in Yigo” or “They will walk to the party.”

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Basic Actions Part 7: Using Debidi With Transitive Verbs to Talk About What We Must or Should Do – “I must drink the coffee”

In this post, we’ll learn how to talk about when we must or shoud do something, such as in sentences like “I must drink the coffee” or “I should buy the coffee.” In Chamorro, we do this by using the word debidi with our future tense statements. We’ll review how to use debidi and do some sentence drills for practice. Happy studying!

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Basic Actions Part 6: Making Future Tense Sentences in Chamorro with Transitive Verbs – “I will drink the coffee.”

In this post, we will learn how to start making future tense statements so we can talk about the things we are going to do, such as “I will buy the coffee” or “We will clean the kitchen.” To make future tense sentences in Chamorro, we need to use future tense markers and learn which hu type pronouns they are paired with. We’ll go through the different future tense markers in this post and practice making sentences with them. Happy studying!

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