The Chamorro Language of Guam

A Grammar of the Idiom Spoken by the Inhabitants of the Marianne, or Ladrones, Islands

by

William Edwin Safford

Reprinted from the American Anthropologist, 1903-1905, Washington D.C., USA, W. H. Lowdermilk & Co.

Grammar Page Number(s)
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Title Page . . . . . . . . . . . i i
Blank Page . . . . . . . . . . . ii ii
Dedication . . . . . . . . . . . iii iii
Blank Page . . . . . . . . . . . iv iv
Preface . . . . . . . . . . . v, vi v, vi
Contents . . . . . . . . . . . vii vii
Blank Page . . . . . . . . . . . viii viii
Corrections and Additions . . . . . . . . . . . ix, x ix, x
The Chamorro Language of Guam . . . . . . . . . . . xi xi
Blank Page . . . . . . . . . . . xii xii
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
Orthoepy . . . . . . . . . . . 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
The Article . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 10, 11, 12 9, 10, 11, 12
The Noun . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
The Pronoun . . . . . . . . . . . 19, 20, 21, 22, 23 19, 20, 21, 22, 23
Blank Page . . . . . . . . . . . 24 24
Possessives . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30
Adjectives . . . . . . . . . . . 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46
Numeration . . . . . . . . . . . 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57
The Verb . . . . . . . . . . . 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69
Blank Page . . . . . . . . . . . 70 70
The Verb -- Continued . . . . . . . . . . . 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104
Verbal Directive and Locative Particles . . . . . . . . . . . 105, 106 105, 106
Adverbs . . . . . . . . . . . 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112
Prepositions . . . . . . . . . . . 112, 113, 114, 115, 116 112, 113, 114, 115, 116
Conjunctions . . . . . . . . . . . 116, 117, 118, 119 116, 117, 118, 119

 

"Dictionary and Grammar of the Chamorro Language of the Island of Guam" by Edward R. von Preissig, Ph.D.

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