In this post, we will continue learning how to use Chamorro possessive pronouns by learning about classifiers in Chamorro, which are used when we make possessive statements about food, drinks, or animals. First, we will focus on how to use the food classifier so we can say things like “my apple” or “your breadfruit.” Happy studying!
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In this post, we will start using possessive pronouns in Chamorro. Using possessive pronouns in Chamorro requires some changes to how we pronounce the words we attach them to, and this post will focus on seeing, hearing and practicing these sound shifts. In my experience, many texts gloss over the pecularities of the sound changes that occur with possessive pronouns. So in this post I try to provide many examples, grouped by sound pattern, to give us a systematic overview of the most common sound changes. This post includes practice drills in Chamorro with Chamorro audio, and English translations for all the drills. Happy studying!
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This post will be an overview of how we can add nouns as the subjects in our basic action sentences that use intransitive verbs. We will learn the structures to express thoughts like “The woman ate” or “The child will run.” Up until now we’ve only been using pronouns as our subjects, to focus more on word order and verb transformations. So adding noun subjects will help us put more variety into our action sentences. This post will include examples for past tense, present tense, and future tense sentences that use intransitive verbs. Happy studying!
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This post will be an overview of how we can add nouns as the subjects in our basic action sentences. In all of my notes on basic sentence structures with verbs, I’ve only used pronouns (he, she, it, etc.) as the subjects to keep the focus on learning verbs and word order. In this post, we will practice word order to express thoughts like “The woman drank the coffee.” This post will include examples for past tense, present tense, and future tense sentences that use transitive verbs. And audio is included with all Chamorro sentences. Happy studying!
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To conclude this beginner series on how to express likes and dislikes in Chamorro, in this post we’ll cover how to ask more types questions about what we like. We will practice using questions words like håfa (what), månu (which), and håfa na (why) to ask questions like “What do you like?”; “Which do you like?”; and “Why do you like it?” This post includes sentence drills in Chamorro, English translations, and audio for the Chamorro. Happy studying!
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