Tag: Plural Man- Prefix

Talking About Togetherness in Chamorro: How to Say “We Were Together” and More

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: IntermediateLeave a comment

Whether you’re reminiscing about time with family, expressing gratitude for a gathering, or even writing your next love song, these all involve talking about being together with others. In this post, we’ll learn how we can talk about togetherness in Chamorro, including expressing thoughts in the past, present and future tenses. You’ll also find Chamorro example sentences, Chamorro audio narrations by Jay Che’le, and English translations to guide your learning. Happy studying!

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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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Lesson 25: How To Talk About What You Want in Chamorro – “I want coffee”

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner1 Comment

In Chamorro, we can express our wants with the word malago‘. To get started using malago’, in this post we will go over how to express basic wants for things, such as “I want coffee” or “I want the coffee.” We will also use este, enao, and eyu to express wants like “I want this coffee.” Finally, we will also cover how to express all of those statements in the negative, such as “I don’t want coffee” and how to ask basic questions about what you want, such as “Do you want coffee?”, “What do you want?” or “Which do you want?”

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Man- Prefix for Transitive Verbs

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Intermediate3 Comments

During our morning practice group this past Saturday, we talked about applying the man- prefix. There are several applications of the man- prefix, and there are slightly different ways to understand how and why it’s applied depending upon if it is applied to transitive verbs, intransitive verbs, nouns, or pronouns. It can get pretty confusing! I’ll be doing a mini-series about the man- prefix and how it is applied to different types of words. In this post I’ll be exploring the application of the man- prefix to transitive verbs and laying out my own systematic way of understanding this prefix.

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