In this first lesson on existential sentences, we’re going to learn how to say whether something exists or not—basically, how to say “there is” or “there isn’t” in Chamorro. We’ll use the words guaha and tåya’ to do this. For example, you can say Guaha nengkånno’ (“There’s food”) or Tåya’ lepblo (“There are no books”). We’ll start with the basics of using these two words, then mix in a few other sentence types in the practice drills to keep things interesting and help you build variety as you learn. Happy studying!

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