Tag: Chamorro Possessive Pronouns

How to Say “My Breadfruit” in Chamorro – Talking About Your Food

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner3 Comments

This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.

In this post, we’ll continue learning Chamorro patterns for talking about what belongs to us. This time, we’ll focus on how to talk about food that belongs to you or someone else—phrases like “my breadfruit” or “your apple.” Chamorro uses special words in these kinds of possessive phrases, especially when talking about food, drinks, and animals. In this lesson, we’ll start with the food pattern and practice using it in clear, everyday examples to help it feel natural. Happy studying!

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Saying “My, Yours, Hers” – An Introduction to Possessive Pronouns in Chamorro

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner10 Comments

This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.

In this lesson, we’ll start using possessive pronouns in Chamorro — the little words that show something belongs to someone. Using them can change how certain words sound, so we’ll spend time seeing, hearing, and practicing those sound shifts together.

In my experience, many resources skip over these changes, but they are important for developing our comprehension and speaking. So this post gives you plenty of examples, grouped by pattern, to help you get a clear feel for how these sounds work. You’ll find practice drills with Chamorro audio and English translations for every sentence. Happy studying!

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Chamorro Vocabulary: Drinks and Beverages (40 Words to Know)

On By Schyuler LujanIn Phrase Lists, Word ListsLeave a comment

Let’s learn how to talk about beverages in Chamorro with this list of 40 terms that can help us learn different types of water, juice, tea, milk, and other drinks. We’ll also learn how we can talk about drinks, including the grammar needed to talk about drinks that belong to people (i.e.: my coffee, your water) and we’ll go through some example phrases we might use in daily life. Audio is included with this word list. Happy studying!

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