Word List: 30 Transitive Verbs for Beginners

Here’s a list of 30 transitive verbs that beginners can use in basic action sentences. If you would like to read my blog series on how to use these verbs at a beginner level, start reading the first post in the series called Introduction to Transitive Verbs in Chamorro. This post includes 30 verbs, example sentences, audio in Chamorro, and a Quizlet flashcard deck as an extra study resource. Happy studying!

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Lesson 11: Adding More Detail to Objects – “I drank the hot coffee.”

In this lesson, we add a little more color to our sentences by describing our objects. We’ll learn how to say “I drank the hot coffee” instead of just “I drank the coffee.” In this post we will review how to make basic descriptions with the linking article na and learn how to use them in our basic action sentences that use transitive verbs.

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Lesson 10: Talking in the Past Tense – “I drank the coffee.”

Up until this point we have been using stative sentences to describe the world around us with sentences like “I am thirsty”; “The water is hot”; or “The coffee is expensive.” Now we are going to learn how to talk about what we’ve done, with sentences such as “I drank the coffee.” To do this, we will be learning how to make basic past tense sentences in Chamorro with transitive verbs.

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