Basic Actions Part 8: How To Make Sentences About What We Can and Can’t Do in Chamorro – “I can drink the coffee”

In this post we’ll learn how to talk about what we can and cannot do, such as “I can drink the coffee” or “I cannot drink the milk.” To talk about what we can or cannot do in Chamorro, we must use the word siña in our sentences. We’ll learn about the word siña and some of the most basic statements we can make, then we will go through some practice sentences to talk about what we can do, cannot do, and to ask questions. Happy studying!

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!

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!

Basic Actions Part 5: Making Commands in Chamorro With Transitive Verbs – “Drink the coffee.”

In this post we will learn how to make basic commands in Chamorro, which are also called imperative statements. We will learn how to say things like “Drink the coffee” or “Wipe the floor.” We’ll also make some sentence drills to practice these structures, and add locations to say sentences like, “Water the grass in the garden.” Happy studying!

Basic Actions Part 4: Adding Locations to Sentences in Chamorro – “I drank the coffee at the restaurant.”

In this post we will learn how to add locations to our action sentences so we can say things like “I drank the coffee at the restaurant” or “I am buying the mangoes at the market.” In Chamorro, locations are marked with either gi or giya, and we will learn how to use them in this post. Once you learn how to use gi and giya, you will be able to add them to any sentence in Chamorro. Happy studying!

Basic Actions Part 2: Making Past Tense Sentences in Chamorro with Descriptions – “I drank the hot coffee.”

In this lesson, we add a little more color to our sentences by describing our objects. We’ll learn how to say “I drank the hot coffee” versus “I drank the coffee.” In this post we will review how to make basic descriptions with the linking article na and learn how to use them in our basic action sentences that use transitive verbs.