Now we will learn how to describe our yu’ type pronouns with nouns to describe who we are or who someone else is. We will learn to say sentences like “I am a student” or “She is a singer.” These types of sentences are useful for describing your profession or other characteristics about yourself. In this post we’ll be using nouns to describe our yu’ type pronouns. This post includes example sentences in Chamorro, audio pronunciations and a Quizlet deck for supplementary practice. Happy studying!

Contents
Introduction to Describing Yourself With Nouns Example Sentences: “I am a student” How to Make Your Own Sentences Wrapping Up: Keep Practicing on Quizlet! Keep Learning! Continue to the Next Lesson

Introduction to Describing Yourself With Nouns

In this lesson, we’ll learn how to talk about who we are in Chamorro, which may involve talking about what we do for work, our roles in our family, or other identities that we have. To do this, we will be learning how to describe ourselves with Nouns.

In this lesson, we will be using the following:

• Yu’ Type Pronouns

If you need a review on Yu’ Type Pronouns, read my post on an Introduction to Pronouns in Chamorro.

Now let’s learn the basic word order and go over some example sentences!

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Example Sentences: “I am a student”

To make these sentences, it is important to remember that word order is the opposite of English. The Noun will come first, and then the Yu’ Type Pronoun will follow it. We will use this sentence structure:

Noun + Yu’ Type Pronoun

Now let’s go over some example sentences, following this basic structure:

Chamorro	English
Estudiante yu’.	I am a student.
Fafa’na’gue’ siha.	They (2) are teachers.
Amerikanu gue’.	He is American.
Chamoru hit.	We (2) are Chamorro. (inclusive)
Nåna hao.	You are a mother.
Enfetmera ham.	We (2) are nurses. (exclusive, female)
På’le hamyo.	They (2) are priests.
Palao’an yu’.	I am a woman.
Låhi hao.	You are a man.
Påtgon gue’.	He is a child.
Mediku siha.	They (2) are doctors.
Polisia hit.	We (2) are police officers (inclusive)
Fafalågu hamyo.	You (2) are runners.
Fafakmåta yu’.	I am a light sleeper.
Neni gue’.	She is a baby.

Special note for 3+ people: The sentences above that use plural pronouns are in the form for only 2 people. To make these descriptions refer to 3+ people, the noun must be modified with the plural man- prefix. The plural man- prefix will be covered in another post.

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How to Make Your Own Sentences

If you want to start making your own sentences with this structure, check out my word list for people in Chamorro to get you started!

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Wrapping Up: Keep Practicing on Quizlet!

And that’s it for Lesson 2! In this lesson we have learned how to talk more about who we are and who other people are in Chamorro, by using Yu’ Type Pronouns and Nouns.

For additional practice with the example sentences in this lesson, use this Quizlet Deck as a supplementary study tool for this lesson.

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Keep Learning! Continue to the Next Lesson

When you are ready to move on, go to Lesson 3 to learn about how to make description about others in Chamorro.

Basic Descriptions Part 3: Describing Nouns in Chamorro – “The woman is tall”