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.).

Table of Contents Time of Day (morning, evening, night) General Terms for Days, Weeks, and Months This Week / Last Week / Coming Week Other Time-Related Phrases

Time of Day (morning, evening, night)

Chamoru	English
lemlem taotao	twilight, dusk
minachom i atdao	sunset
kinahulo’ i atdao	sunrise
ogga’an	morning
talo’ani	noon
pupuengi	evening
puengi	night
tatalo’ puengi	midnight
painge	last night
chatanmak	early morning

General Terms for Days, Weeks, and Months

Chamoru	English
ha’åne / diha	day
simåna	week
mes / pulan	month
såkkan	year
nigap	yesterday
nigapña	day before yesterday
agupa’	tomorrow
agupå’ña	day after tomorrow

This Week / Last Week / The Coming Week

Chamoru	English
på’go	today, now
på’gogo	right now
på’go na ha’ani / diha	today
på’go na ogga’an / puengi	this morning / night
på’go na simana / mes / såkkan	this week / month / year
må’pos na simana / mes / såkkan	last week / month / year
må’posña na simana / mes / såkkan	the week / month / year before last
mamaila’ na simana / mes / såkkan	the coming week / month / year
mamailå’ña na simana / mes / såkkan	the week / month / year after next

Other Time-Related Phrases

Chamoru	English
poko dias despues	a few days later
gi halacha	recently, lately
gi sigiente diha	on the following day
åntes na tiempo	once upon a time
kada diha / simåna / mes	every day / week / month
kada ogga’an / puengi	every morning / night
katna ha’ kada ha’åne / simåna / mes	almost every week
åpmam na tiempo tåtte	a long time ago
un åñu despues	one year later
put fin	at last
desde på’go mo’na / desde på’go para mo’na	from now on
todu i tiempo	always / all the time
sesso	often, usually
guaha na biåhi	sometimes
ni ngai’an	never
otro biåhi	another time / next time / other times
maseha ngai’an	whenever