Tag: Intermediate Songs

Kåntan Chamoru: Suetti Hao

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Last week our friend Alicia won the vote to choose our song for Praktikan Pupuengi, and she chose this one from the Guam Sirenas. It is so fun, cute and high-energy, with the singer is declaring who she is choosing to be her sweetheart (and she makes it very clear that she did have options!). The quick, clipped pace of this song, combined with some challenging sound quality, meant this one took longer than usual for our group to transcribe. There was even one little phrase that gave us trouble, and we’re still not 100% certain we got it right. But we made it through, and honestly, we had such a great time along the way.

As always, this post includes Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for Suetti Hao by the Guam Sirenas. Happy listening!

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Kåntan Chamoru: Atkahót

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Last Saturday our evening practice group finished the 36th and final song from our current “season” of content, which focused entirely on songs from Daniel De Leon Guerrero. We’ve been making our way through this list of songs since April or May of 2024, and so it was a huge accomplishment to finish all the songs. I’ve personally felt how much my listening comprehension has improved from these evening practice groups, and we’ve also seen progress with those who’ve stayed with our group over the years. This song also took us longer than usual to transcribe, and we are so grateful to everyone who attended last Saturday and to those who were able to stick with us to the very end. In agradesi hamyu 🙂

Now that we’ve finished this list, we are already preparing a new round of songs for our evening group. Jay has landed on a focus that I appreciate, and we can’t wait to get started on transcribing them together.

In this post, here is that final song, called Atkahót by Daniel De Leon Guerrero. It’s actually a cover of a country song by Brad Paisley, which shows both the destructive and tragic nature of alcohol abuse. As always, this post includes Chamorro lyrics and an English translation. Happy listening!

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Kåntan Chamoru: Some Beach

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This past Saturday I got to pick the song we transcribed during Praktikan Pupuengi, so I chose this cover of an English song by the same name. I actually prefer this version in Chamorro to the original English song because I think the wordplay is more fun. There was definitely a lot of laughter with this one during our praktika, so I hope you enjoy it too. In this post you’ll find the Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for “Some Beach” by Daniel De Leon Guerrero. Happy listening!

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Kåntan Chamoru: Gurupun Mangga’chong

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Our Saturday evening practice group is continuing through our list of Daniel De Leon Guerrero songs, and we picked this fun song, where he sings a story about his two friend groups and each of his buddies in the two groups. As always, we are sharing full lyrics and more below: Chamorro lyrics, an English translation, and translation notes for I Gurupon Mangga’chong by Daniel De Leon Guerrero. Happy listening!

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Kåntan Chamoru: O’sun Yu’

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Our Saturday evening practice group is back after a two-week pause, and last Saturday night we transcribed and translated this song. In this song, the singer wonders if his sweetheart has found someone else, as she appears to no longer have feelings for him. This post includes Chamorro lyrics and an English translation for the song O’sun Yu’ by Daniel De Leon Guerrero. Happy listening!

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