Basic Actions Part 17: Expressing Likes and Dislikes in Chamorro pt. 4 – “What do you like?”

To conclude this beginner series on how to express likes and dislikes in Chamorro, in this post we’ll cover how to ask more types questions about what we like. We will practice using questions words like håfa (what), månu (which), and håfa na (why) to ask questions like “What do you like?”; “Which do you like?”; and “Why do you like it?” This post includes sentence drills in Chamorro, English translations, and audio for the Chamorro. Happy studying!

Basic Actions Part 17: Expressing Likes and Dislikes in Chamorro pt. 3 – “I like this.”

We will continue learning how to make basic expressions of likes and dislikes in Chamorro, and learn how to make statements such as “I like this”; “I like these”; and “I like this coffee.” This post will be using the Chamorro word ya- and pairing it with possessive pronouns and the words este, enao, or eyu to make these statements. If you need a review on the word ya-, please see my post Expressing Likes and Dislikes in Chamorro, pt. 1. And if you want to review the words este, enao, or eyu please see my post on how to say This and That in Chamorro. Happy studying!

Basic Actions Part 17: Expressing Likes and Dislikes in Chamorro pt. 2 – “I like coffee.”

In this post, we’ll continue learning basic sentence structures to express likes and dislikes in Chamorro. In the last post we covered how to express likes for pronouns, with sentences such as “I like you.” In this post we’ll learn how to express likes for nouns in sentences such as “I like coffee”; “I like the coffee”; “The woman likes coffee”; and “Juan likes coffee.” We continue using the word ya- and pairing it with possessive pronouns to make these statements, with plenty of sentence drills to help us practice the patterns. If you need a review on the word ya-, please see my post on Expressing Likes and Dislikes in Chamorro, pt. 1. Happy studying!

Basic Actions Part 17: Expressing Likes and Dislikes in Chamorro pt. 1 – “I like you.”

In this post, we’ll be starting a mini-series on how to express our likes and dislikes in Chamorro. To keep things at the beginner level, we will focus on expressing likes and dislikes for pronouns or nouns. This post will focus on how to express likes for pronouns (ie.: you, me, them, etc.), and we’ll go over some basic sentence structures to say things like “I like you”; “She doesn’t like you”; “The woman likes him”; or “Juan likes you.” To do this, we’ll learn about the word ya- in Chamorro and how to use it with possessive pronouns. This is part 1 of expressing likes and dislikes in Chamorro at the beginner level, so there will be more to follow. Happy studying!