Growing up, my grandmother always warned me against going to sleep with wet hair because if I did, I would wake up with crooked fingers or a crooked neck. It wasn’t until I started learning Chamorro and reading our legends in our language that I realized there is an entire legend based on this! Here is that legend, the version collected by Carmen C. Blas and narrated by Jay Che’le.
This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.
Once you can talk about actions, the next step is learning how to say where those actions happen. In this lesson, we’ll practice expanding our sentences by adding locations, allowing us to say things like “I bought it at the store” or “I’m picking up the garbage at the beach.” These small additions make your sentences more complete and help you describe everyday situations more clearly. Through examples and guided practice, you’ll learn simple patterns for adding locations to your Chamorro sentences. Happy studying!
Continue reading “How to Say “I Drank the Coffee at the Restaurant” in Chamorro – Adding Places to Your Actions”This post includes Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for the song Dispensa Yu’ Palao’an Sa’ Ti Guahu Para Hågu by Ben De Leon Guerrero. Happy listening!
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Here’s a story about a time when a little boy named Jose got lost and wanders around, visiting the different animals. The original illustrations for this story were done by Janet P. Moreno, but I’ve given it a refresh with this illustration generated by the Midjourney art AI. Chamorro text, a Chamorro audio narration, an English translation, and a Quizlet flashcard deck are included in this post. Happy reading!
Quizlet Study Deck for this story: Quizlet Annai Abak si Jose
This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.
Now that we’ve practiced describing completed actions, it’s time to talk about what people are doing right now. In this lesson, we’ll learn how to form present-tense sentences with transitive verbs—actions that someone does to something else. Using clear, repeatable patterns, we’ll practice sentences like “I am buying it,” “She is calling him,” or “They are cleaning the house.” These patterns will help you describe actions as they happen and expand your everyday speaking ability. Happy studying!
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