How to Say “The Woman Danced” in Chamorro – Using Nouns as the Subject with Intransitive Verbs

This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.

In this lesson, we’ll learn how to make simple action sentences where a person is the one doing the action — sentences like “The woman ate” or “The child will run.” Up to now, we’ve only used pronouns as our subjects so you could focus on word order and how the verbs change. Now we’ll add real people into our sentences to make them feel more natural and varied. You’ll practice building past, present, and future sentences, and every Chamorro example comes with audio so you can hear how it all sounds. Happy studying!

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How to Say “The Woman Drank the Coffee” in Chamorro – Using Nouns as the Subject With Transitive Verbs

This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.

In this lesson, we’ll look at how to show who is doing an action in a sentence. Up to now, we’ve mostly used pronouns like he, she, and it so you could focus on learning verbs and word order. Now we’ll put that knowledge to use with sentences like “The woman drank the coffee,” where the subject—the one doing the action—is a noun. We’ll build sentences in the past, present, and future so you can practice the patterns for including a person as the doer of the action. Every Chamorro example comes with audio so you can hear how it all sounds. Happy studying!

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Madåndan i Kampåna by JD Crutch – Chamorro Lyrics and English Translation

This is the first JD Crutch song I’ve put on the blog. Little by little, I’m trying to listen to more Chamorro music, and luckily Jay has a vast Chamorro music library that ensures I always have something new to listen to. This song came up right when we were parking the car to get some food from Chochu Local this past weekend. It was my first time hearing it, and I really enjoyed the folky vibes. So here are Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for Mandåndan i Kampåna sung by JD Crutch. Happy listening!

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4 Key Learning Practices For Self-Study Chamorro Language Learners

The end of this April marks four years since I commited myself to learning the Chamorro language. I cannot believe that it has already been so long! It has certainly been a crazy journey full of ups and downs, and if I had to do it again I would still choose to learn Chamorro. To celebrate this language “milestone”, in this post I talk about the four main learning practices that are crucial to helping me learn the language, as a primarily self-study Chamorro language learner who started at level 0.

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