Showing posts with label prefix. Show all posts
Showing posts with label prefix. Show all posts
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 ...
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...
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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Thursday, July 2, 2009

Leksion Chamoru: The prefix an-

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An- is used to indicate the leftovers or even refuse of whatever it's attached to. It usually indicates something that is almost useles...
Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Leksion Chamoru: The prefix acha-

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Acha- is called a similative prefix. That means we add it to a word to indicate equality or similarity to something. I know that's a li...
Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Leksion Chamoru: The prefix a-

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A- is called the reciprocal prefix. It indicates that the action being done is to "each other" or "one another." Here a...