In these notes we will go over how to make our sentences into the present tense with intransitive verbs, which includes a step-by-step approach to reduplication. We’ll cover how to say sentences like “I am staying in the village” or “They are walking to the beach.”
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In this post we’ll learn how to start using intransitive verbs in basic, past tense sentences so we can say things like “I walked” or “They stayed.” We will be looking at some commonly used intransitive verbs and how to conjugate those verbs for past tense statements. As a note, this post will be making sentences that have only 1-2 subjects doing the action. Sentences that have 3 or more subjects will be covered in a separate post. This set of notes also includes a link to a Quizlet deck to help us learn the conjugations. Happy studying!
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Here’s another post to prepare for learning about intransitive sentences. I’ve included 30 intransitive verbs that beginners can use to get started when creating basic action sentences, such as “I walked” or “They went to the store.” Each list indicates if the verb takes the UM infix, the MA prefix, or no affix for being used in basic action sentences, and can be used to practice sentence types in my notes tagged under Basic Intransitive Sentences.
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Up until now, my notes about action sentences in Chamorro have focused on the use of transitive verbs, which are verbs that require their action to be transferred to an object. In this next series of posts on basic action sentences, we will learn how to start using intransitive verbs to make sentences like “I am jumping” or “We sat down.” This first post will be an introduction to the concept of affixes and intransitive verbs in Chamorro, including a beginner-level review of the different categories of intransitive verbs and the affixes they take. Happy studying!
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Continuing on with the in-depth look at the man- prefix, this post explores the application of the man- prefix to intransitive verbs. I lay out my own way of understanding the application of the man- prefix to intransitive verbs.
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