(Every week or so the Guam Museum will be sharing something in the CHamoru language about history or culture in the Marianas. This week, we’ll learn about the CHamoru experiences during I Tiempon Chapones or World War II in Guam)
I CHamoru na taotao manmesngon.
I minetgot gaige gi guinaiyå-ta para i familia-ta yan i tano’ -ta. Sen annok este gi duranten i Tiempon Chapones.
Manmachonnek hit gi halom un gera yan nina’fangoflamen. Gof didok i pinadesi yan gof yinilang i tano’.
Manmana’fa’cho’cho’, manmarape yan manmapuno’.
Manattok ginen i bomba ni dumestrosa i sengsong yan gima’ -ta.
Lao manla’la’ sa’ manhita.
Ta na’setbe i antigon kustumbre-ta ya ta na’fafañocho yan ta adahi i familia-ta siha.
Manmanaitai, mana’ayuda.
Ayu na tiempo mampos na pinadesi, lao krisidu na minetgot lokkue’.