Lesson 08: How to Connect Ideas in Chamorro with “Because”, “Not” and Questions

To end our series of notes on creating basic descriptive sentences in Chamorro, we are going to learn how to start combining our sentences together to become more comfortable with expressing longer thoughts. We will be using the question marker kao, the negative marker ti, and sa’ (because). Happy studying!

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Lesson 05: How to Say “Not” in Chamorro – “I am not hungry.”

In past lessons, we’ve focused on how to describe people and things in a positive way — like “I am hungry” or “The woman is a singer.” Now it’s time to flip that! In this lesson, you’ll learn how to say what you’re not — like “I’m not hungry” or “The woman is not a singer.”To create these sentences, we’ll learn about the Negative Marker “Ti” and how to use it to make negative statements. This post includes lesson notes, example sentences in Chamorro, audio pronunciations and a Quizlet Deck for supplementary practice. Happy studying!

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