Tag: Future Tense

Talking About Togetherness in Chamorro: How to Say “We Were Together” and More

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: IntermediateLeave a comment

Whether you’re reminiscing about time with family, expressing gratitude for a gathering, or even writing your next love song, these all involve talking about being together with others. In this post, we’ll learn how we can talk about togetherness in Chamorro, including expressing thoughts in the past, present and future tenses. You’ll also find Chamorro example sentences, Chamorro audio narrations by Jay Che’le, and English translations to guide your learning. Happy studying!

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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 21: Talking in Future Tense With Intransitive Verbs – “I will stay”

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner3 Comments

Here is another Chamorro grammar post, where we will look at how to make some future tense statements with intransitive verbs. We’ll cover the future tense markers, how to use intransitive verbs in this tense, and how to say sentences like “I will stay in Yigo” or “They will walk to the party.” As always, this post includes sentence drills and audio narrations for the Chamorro by Jay Che’le. Happy studying!

Updated 10-19-2025: Revised language on “m” to “f” shifts for specific intransitive verbs.

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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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