Showing posts with label leksion Chamoru. Show all posts
Showing posts with label leksion Chamoru. Show all posts
Sunday, July 15, 2012

Leksion Chamoru: Yanggen/anggen/an/annai (If and when)

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In Chamorro when we want to say "when" we have a few different ways to say it. There is the word "ngai'an," but that...
Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Leksion Chamoru: Para bai hu... (I will...)

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The future tense in Chamorro is rather lengthy to explain, so I'll start out with a lesson on how to say "I will..." First off...
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Monday, November 14, 2011

Leksion Chamoru: I attikulon I / Si / Iya

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The article i/si/iya is probably the most used in Chamorro. The more technical way to describe it is as a focus marking particles, and gra...
Friday, September 30, 2011

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix ya-

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Ya- is the "superlative prefix" according to the dictionaries and grammar books, but it's actually a lot simpler than it sound...
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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix tak-

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Tak- is a comparative prefix that is used with location and direction words. Essentially, tak- takes the direction/location and makes it ...
Sunday, September 4, 2011

Utugrafian Chamoru (Chamorro Orthography)

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Para todus ni manmalago' tumungo' i utugrafian Chamoru. Gi halacha mafa'nu'i yo' nu este na PDF utugrafia, ya mientras ...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix san-

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San- is called a directional prefix. However, "directional" doesn't fully explain what it does. San- marks a position rather...
Friday, April 29, 2011

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix na'-

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One of the most common prefixes in Chamorro is na'- . The formal definition is that na'- is a causative prefix, that just means tha...
Sunday, March 13, 2011

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix mina'-

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Mina'- is a very simple prefix, it is an "ordinal marker." That just means that it takes a "cardinal" number (2, 3,...
Thursday, January 20, 2011

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix mi-

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The prefix mi- is added to nouns to say "full of" or "plenty of." Here are some examples: åcho' = rock Mi- + åcho...
Monday, November 1, 2010

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix la-

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The prefix la- is a comparative degree marker meaning slightly or a little bit more. It can be used with most nouns and adjectives/adverbs ...
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Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix ke-

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The prefix ke- is used to mean "to try to" or "about to." Tungo' (to know) => Ketungo' (to try to know, ab...
Friday, April 30, 2010

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix ha-

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The prefix ha- is used to mean "usually" or "often." Here are some examples to help clarify that a bit: Målångu = Sick....
Saturday, April 3, 2010

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix gi-

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The prefix gi- is not used as frequently anymore as it once was, but the concept is rather simple. Gi- just represents origin and/or resid...
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Saturday, February 27, 2010

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix ge'-

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The prefix ge'- is a comparative degree marker for directions. In essence it means "further (in a direction)." Here are some ...

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix ga'-

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The prefix ga'- has two completely different uses. The first use of ga'- is that of an animal classifier, and the second is that o...
Saturday, November 21, 2009

Leksion Chamorro: I attikulon "nu/as"

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The article " nu " is arguably the most confusing article within Chamorro coming from an English speaking viewpoint. Sometimes nu ...
Thursday, August 13, 2009

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix fa'-

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The prefix fa'- has two rather unique meanings. The first means "to change to." The second is similar, although markedly diff...
Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Leksion Chamoru: Prefix må-

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The "passive marker" prefix må- is one of the most frequently used prefixes in the Chamorro language. If you like the grammar exp...
Monday, July 6, 2009

Leksion Chamoru: The prefix chat-

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Chat- is similar to the English prefixes "dis-," "un-," "in-," "mis-," "anti-," etc., but...
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