Tag: Siña

Lesson 24: Talking About What We Can and Can’t Do in Chamorro With Intransitive Verbs – “I can stay.”

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner1 Comment

In this last post our series focusing on beginner sentences with intransitive verbs, we will learn how to make basic “can” statements with our intransitive verbs. We will be using the word siña to make sentences like “I can stay” or “I can go to the store.” We’ll also be looking at how to make negative statements, like “I cannot stay” and turning our statements into questions like “Can I stay?” Before reading this post, it is recommended that you have familiarity with transitive verbs and how to conjugate them to make basic sentences. To review these topics, please see my post for an Introduction to Transitive Verbs & Affixes. And to see the whole series of lessons on basic sentences with intransitive verbs, see the full list here.

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Lesson 17: Talking About What We Can and Can’t Do in Chamorro – “I can drink the coffee”

On By Schyuler LujanIn Chamorro Lessons: Beginner2 Comments

In this post we’ll learn how to talk about what we can and cannot do, such as “I can drink the coffee” or “I cannot drink the milk.” To talk about what we can or cannot do in Chamorro, we must use the word siña in our sentences. We’ll learn about the word siña and some of the most basic statements we can make, then we will go through some practice sentences to talk about what we can do, cannot do, and to ask questions. Happy studying!

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