This year I am focused on listening to Chamorro while reading along with the transcript to better train my ear and absorb more fluent or native-level speech patterns. One set of patterns that I am now more comfortable with is how speech attribution (phrases like he said, “__” or she asked, “___”) occurs in Chamorro. In this series of blog posts, I’m going to talk about the 4 patterns I’ve noticed around speech attribution, and this first post will focus on the use of the work ilek.
taitai mås
Here is a quick reference guide for making sentences in the future tense form. The sentence construction varies according to the type of verb used, if the object is specific or non-specific, and the number of people doing the action. Happy reviewing!
taitai mås
Here is a quick reference guide for command statements. These notes don’t go too in-depth into the rules, but shows a high-level summary in a table of different forms that these statements can take. Happy reviewing!
taitai mås
Continuing on with the in-depth look at the man- prefix, this post explores the application of the man- prefix to intransitive verbs. I lay out my own way of understanding the application of the man- prefix to intransitive verbs.
taitai mås
During our morning practice group this past Saturday, we talked about applying the man- prefix. There are several applications of the man- prefix, and there are slightly different ways to understand how and why it’s applied depending upon if it is applied to transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, nouns, or pronouns. It can get pretty confusing! I’ll be doing a mini-series about the man- prefix and how it is applied to different types of words. In this post I’ll be exploring the application of the man- prefix to transitive verbs and laying out my own systematic way of understanding this prefix.
taitai mås
Lengguahi-ta 