This is a legend I found on Påle’ Eric’s blog about why the fanihi (fruitbat) doesn’t have friends. I enjoyed this legend, and had never heard any story about the fruitbat before reading this one. We used this story during one of our practice sessions, and Jay Che’le recorded the narration because this was one of Påle’s older posts that didn’t have audio. I’ve also included the Chamorro and English in this post for reading along with the audio. Hope you enjoy it!
This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about actions that already happened in Chamorro — things like “I walked,” “you rested,” or “they stayed.” You’ll practice common action words and learn the patterns used to describe past actions when someone is simply doing something, rather than doing something to someone else. By the end, you’ll be able to build simple past-tense sentences and start talking about what you or others did. Happy studying!
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Here’s another post to prepare for learning about intransitive sentences. I’ve included 30 intransitive verbs that beginners can use to get started when creating basic action sentences, such as “I walked” or “They went to the store.” Each list indicates if the verb takes the UM infix, the MA prefix, or no affix for being used in basic action sentences, and can be used to practice sentence types in my notes tagged under Basic Intransitive Sentences.
taitai måsA few weeks back our practice group listened to the song “Guam Bomb” by KC DeLeon Guererro, and here are the lyrics we transcribed with the English translation. In this particular song, we are reminded in a humorous way of the benefits of owning an older car, even if it isn’t the prettiest. 🙂
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Here is the legend of Alupang Rock, written by Simon Camacho. We have been reading and translating Chamorro stories during one of our practice groups, and we did this one a couple months back. The Chamorro text, a Chamorro audio narration by Jay Che’le, and an English translation are in this post. The original illustrations were done by Rogelio G. Faustino, but I’ve refreshed it with this illustration generated by the Midjourney art AI. Happy reading!
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