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Lesson 23: Talking About What We “Must” or “Should” Do With Intransitive Verbs  – “I must stay”

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner1 Comment

Continuing with our basic action sentences, we will learn how to make must / should statements with our intransitive verbs. We will be able to say sentences like “I must sleep” or “You must/should rest” by putting the word debidi (also spelled as debi de) at the front of our future tense sentences.

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Lesson 16: How to Say “Must” and “Should” in Chamorro – “I must drink the coffee”

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner3 Comments

In this post, we’ll learn how to talk about when we must or shoud do something, such as in sentences like “I must drink the coffee” or “I should buy the coffee.” In Chamorro, we do this by using the word debidi with our future tense statements. We’ll review how to use debidi and do some sentence drills for practice. Happy studying!

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