Tag: Past Tense

Intermediate Actions Part 2: Making Past Tense Sentences in Chamorro With Indefinite Objects – “I bought coffee”

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Intermediate1 Comment

To build off of part 1 where we practiced transforming our transitive verbs with the indefinite man- prefix, in this post we will start using those transformed verbs in sentences. We will learn how to make simple sentences like “I bought coffee”; “I heard something”; or “I made some soup.” We will also add noun subjects to say things like “The woman bought coffee.” This post includes sentence drills in Chamorro with Chamorro audio, and English translations. Happy studying!

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How to Say “I Stayed” in Chamorro – Talking in Past Tense With Intransitive Verbs

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner7 Comments

This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to talk about actions that already happened in Chamorro — things like “I walked,” “you rested,” or “they stayed.” You’ll practice common action words and learn the patterns used to describe past actions when someone is simply doing something, rather than doing something to someone else. By the end, you’ll be able to build simple past-tense sentences and start talking about what you or others did. Happy studying!

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How to Say “I Drank The Coffee” in Chamorro – Talking in Past Tense With Transitive Verbs

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner7 Comments

This lesson is part of the Beginner Chamorro learning path.

Talking about actions is essential for learning Chamorro. In this lesson, we are going to learn how to talk about what we’ve done, with sentences like I drank the coffee. I borrowed the books. I ate the apple. We’ll learn the basic parts of these sentences and practice some foundational patterns to get comfortable with these forms. Happy studying!

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