Start learning Chamorro from the beginning with short lessons, example sentences, and Chamorro audio. Build your beginner vocabulary and practice real, foundational sentence structures in context.
TOTAL LESSONS: 38 (Last updated: August 5, 2024)
Contents
- Getting Started in Chamorro
- Beginner Descriptive Sentences
- Beginner Transitive Sentences
- Beginner Intransitive Sentences
- Other Action Sentences
- Possessive Pronouns (In Progress)
- Existence (TBD)
- Other Beginner Topics (TBD)
- Copyright Notice
Getting Started in Chamorro
If you are an absolute beginner who is just starting your learning journey, here are a few key things you should know before diving in.
- Getting Started 1: Before You Begin – 9 Things You Need to Know About Learning Chamorro in Adulthood
- Getting Started 2: Getting to Know Chamorro: A Beginner’s Guide to the Language
- Getting Started 3: Chamorro Sounds and Pronunciation for Total Beginners
- Getting Started 4: Your First 500 Words in Chamorro
- Getting Started 5: Your Next 500 Words in Chamorro
Beginner Descriptive Sentences
Learn how to make basic descriptions about yourself and the world around you.
- Lesson 0: Learning Chamorro Pronouns – Introduction to Pronouns
- Lesson 1: Describe Yourself – “I am hungry”
- Lesson 2: Describing Who You Are – “I am a student”
- Lesson 3: Describing Others – “The woman is tall.”
- Lesson 4: Adding Details – “I am a tired student.”
- Lesson 5: Saying “Not” – “I am not hungry”
- Lesson 6: Making Basic Questions – “Are you hungry?”
- Lesson 7: How to Say “Because” – “I’m tired because I’m a student”
- Lesson 8: Connecting Ideas in Chamorro – Combining Sentences with Kao, Ti, or Sa’
Beginner Transitive Sentences
Start learning how to use transitive verbs in basic action sentences in Chamorro.
- Lesson 9: Talking About Actions and Objects – “Introduction to Transitive Verbs in Chamorro”
- Lesson 10: Talking in Past Tense – “I drank the coffee.”
- Lesson 11: Add More Detail to Objects – “I drank the hot coffee.”
- Lesson 12: Talking in Present Tense – “I am drinking the coffee.”
- Lesson 13: Adding Places to Your Actions – “I drank the coffee at the restaurant.”
- Lesson 14: Giving Commands – “Drink the coffee”
- Lesson 15: Talking in Future Tense – “I will drink the coffee.”
- Lesson 16: Using “Must” and “Should” – “I must drink the coffee.”
- Lesson 17: Talking About What You Can Do – “I can drink the coffee.”
Beginner Intransitive Sentences
Start learning how to use intransitive verbs in basic action sentences in Chamorro.
- Lesson 18: Actions Without Objects – Intro to Intransitive Verbs & Affixes
- Lesson 19: Talking in Past Tense – “I stayed”
- Lesson 20: Talking in Present Tense – “I am staying”
- Lesson 21: Talking in Future Tense – “I will stay”
- Lesson 22: Giving Commands – “Stay”
- Lesson 23: Using “Must” and “Should” – “I must stay”
- Lesson 24: Talking About What You Can Do – “I can stay”
Other Action Sentences
Learn other types of action sentences that are common at the beginner level, such as expressing likes and wants.
- Lesson 25: Want – “I want coffee.”
- Lesson 26: Like – Pt. 1 “I like you.”
- Lesson 27: Like – Pt. 2 “I like coffee.”
- Lesson 28: Like – Pt. 3 “I like this / these.”
- Lesson 29: Like – Pt. 4 “What do you like?”
- Lesson 30: Noun Subjects – Pt. 1 “The woman bought the coffee.”
- Lesson 31: Noun Subjects – Pt. 2 “The woman danced”
Possessive Pronouns (In Progress)
In this section we will learn about possessive pronouns and how to use them to make possessive statements.
- Lesson 32: Possessive Pronouns – Intro to possessive pronouns
- Lesson 33: Possessing Food – “My breadfruit”
Existence (TBD)
These notes cover how to make basic statements about existence with guaha, tåya’, gaige and taigue.
- Lesson 37: There is / There is no – Guaha / Tåya’
Other Beginner Topics (TBD)
Chamorro Calendars
- Calendar – Pt. 1 Calendar (from Spanish)
Telling Time in Chamorro
- Time – Time of Day
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