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

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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How to Say “The Woman Is Happy” in Chamorro – Describing Others

This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.

Now it’s time to create more complex descriptions by describing nouns with adjectives, so we can say things like The child is tired or The woman is happy. We can also describe nouns with other nouns with sentences like The man is a teacher or The teacher is a singer. To make these types of sentences in Chamorro, we need to understand how the word order differs from English. We will also learn the article i and its accompanying vowel harmony rules, which dictate how sounds change to make our speech smoother. This post includes explanatory notes for these concepts, practice drills for vowel harmony, Chamorro sentences, English translations, audio pronunciations, and a Quizlet Deck for additional practice. Happy studying!

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