Tag: Guaha

Is Somebody Grilling The Meat? – Learn How to Say “Somebody Is Doing Something” in Chamorro

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Intermediate2 Comments

Ever want to say something like “There’s someone making soup” or “Somebody’s barbequing the chicken” in Chamorro? In this post, we’ll look at how to build these kinds of sentences step by step and learn simple patterns for talking about someone doing something, even when we don’t name the person. We will practice with a small selection of verbs, learn how to transform them, and practice using them in simple example sentences. As always, this post includes explanatory notes, example sentences in Chamorro, and Chamorro audio pronunciations by Jay Che’le to guide your learning. Happy studying!

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Lesson 37: Talking About Existence in Chamorro with Guaha and Tåya’

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner2 Comments

In this first lesson on existential sentences, we’re going to learn how to say whether something exists or not—basically, how to say “there is” or “there isn’t” in Chamorro. We’ll use the words guaha and tåya’ to do this. For example, you can say Guaha nengkånno’ (“There’s food”) or Tåya’ lepblo (“There are no books”). We’ll start with the basics of using these two words, then mix in a few other sentence types in the practice drills to keep things interesting and help you build variety as you learn. Happy studying!

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