FinoChamoru

Just having some fun with emojis. 🐝 åbeha 🪰 lålo' 🕷 sanye'ye' 🦟 ñåmu 🪱 ulo' 🐛 ulo' ababang 🦋 ababang 🦗 apåcha' 🐌 akaleha' 🪲 kukunitos 🪳 kukuråcha Felis Damenggo, todos hamyo!

Adahi i chalan Saipan sa bulalala babui siha!

Even though it should be everyday all day all year long…Biba Mes CHamoru!

@ricky_nauta Pretty good if they are. At least they didn’t write teef.

Did a Chamorro write this?

@vannahdior Na’fanmannginge’! 😂 To amen much older siblings and cousins is not unheard of.

You know when you’re getting old when your little cousins mistakenly amen you. Like noooooooo prim, we’re the same rank 😩

@craigsperez Malago yu’ lumi’of gi halom tasi -mu Malago yu’ na un isla yu’.

I want to dive into your ocean I want you to island me

TUNGO’ - to know, to learn Ti hu tungo’ si Joe. (trans.) I don’t know Joe. Kao manungo’ hao pa’go? Did you learn today? (Did you familiarize yourself with something today?) Enao ha’ para pa’go! That’s all for today! Let me know if this was useful. Esta 🧐

GUAIYA - to love Hu guaiya hao. (trans.) I love you. Mangguaiya yu’ nu hågu. I love you. (I’m in love with you, in the context of romantic love) Another example…

Some MAN verbs have a slightly different meaning when used in transitive vs intransitive sentences. Ex: HASSO - to think, to remember Ti hu hasso gue’. (trans.) I don’t remember her. Manhahasso yu’. (intrans.) I’m thinking. (general contemplation) Another example…

Like sugarcane? “Prepare the TUPU!”

@mapmakerdavid Haha. In Chamoru, we pronounce it chankocha (tsahn-koh-tsah), but same deal, comes from Spanish sancochar.

Oh so the sangkutsa method taught to me by my mama is from the word salcochar en Español. Anyway, it is mine now haha. Any Spanish folk contesting this should just learn how to move on.

@craigsperez Aprubecha, che’lu! ☺️

Omg even more Chamoru food

Don't always use GUAGUAN for expensive. Mix it up by saying something is GAI PRESIU, which literally means "has price". "Hui, gai presiu ha' i lechi guini." "Dang, the milk is pricey here." NOTE: Hui does not mean DANG 😂 Insert any other expression of surprise.

@ChamorroTweets Sigún i uttimu na imeo'-hu... Sigún i uttimu na iyo-ku email...

How would you say “As per my last email” in Chamorro? Doesn’t have to be a direct translation.

Felis Påsgua para todos! 🎄

@Thea_QT @ivancedric_a Yup! This! Cousins' kids are nephews/nieces in Chamorro culture, because our cousins are viewed as extended siblings anyway.

@ivancedric_a It's everybody's thing, who isn't Anglo Protestant-descended white!

I’ve recently learned that your cousins’ kids are not your nieces/nephews? And your parents’ cousins are not your aunts/uncles??? Is this just a Filipino thing then?

Click to the IG post to check out the translations. instagram.com/reel/CmSi7zSAZ…

SYM to Lauren Taijeron for allowing us to share this video of herself describing in Chamoru what she did one day.

That wasn't so båba, was it? Hope that was enough for you to start using nai. And if you still need a reason to use it, how about cuz it's just so simple NAI! 😂

Here is NAI used in Chamoru English... You nai! (Who else?) Large nai. (I always get Large, don't I?) It's in your room nai. (Where else would it be?) Why nai did you go? (It's obvious you shouldn't have.) Where nai did you put it? (It should obviously still be there.)

Someone in the CHamoru subreddit asked what NAI meant , so sharing here as well. Nai is a particle used to emphasize a statement confirming something as obvious or expected. In English, we'd add words like "of course" or "obviously". Let's take a look at some examples!🧐