Airport & Customs

1. Fa'nu'i i pasapotte-mu

   Fa'-nu'-i i pa-sa-pot-te-mu

   Please show your passport

   Usage

   Standard phrase used by immigration officers

   Grammar Note

   Chamorro follows VSO word order with the predicate first; imperatives also begin with the verb

2. Håfa i rasón para i bisita-mu?

   Hå-fa i ra-son pa-ra i bi-si-ta-mu?

   What is the purpose of your visit?

   Usage

   Standard immigration question

   Grammar Note

   "Håfa" = what

3. Kuanto puengi un planea sumåga?

   Kuån-to pu-en-gi un pla-ne-a su-må-ga?

   How many nights are you planning to stay?

   Usage

   Commonly asked at immigration

   Grammar Note

   "Kuanto" = how many

4. Guaha para un diklåra?

   Gua-ha pa-ra un dik-lå-ra?

   Do you have anything to declare?

   Usage

   Asked at customs

   Grammar Note

   "Guaha" = is there/have; "para un" marks what you are to do

5. Ti måtto todu i maletan-hu

   Ti mat-to to-du i ma-le-tan-hu

   My luggage hasn't arrived

   Usage

   Tell baggage claim staff

   Grammar Note

   "Ti matto" = has not come

6. Maleta de mano este

   Ma-le-ta de ma-no es-te

   This is carry-on luggage

   Usage

   Tell airline staff at check-in or boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Mano" = hand (from Spanish)

7. Sumásaonao yu' gi transit

   Su-má-sa-o-nao yu' gi tran-sit

   I'm in transit

   Usage

   Used at transit counters or immigration

   Grammar Note

   Saonao is intransitive, so the actor is the pronoun yu' rather than the marker hu; the progressive is sumásaonao (-um- infix plus reduplication). "Transit" is simply said in English at Guam's airport

8. Månu nai gaige i gate?

   Ma-nu nai gai-ge i ga-te?

   Where is the gate?

   Usage

   Ask when looking for your boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Månu nai" = where (månu carries the å). The English "gate" is used for a boarding gate; trångka means the gate of a fence or enclosure and does not apply here

9. Ngai'an para ta hålum gi batkonaire?

   Ngai-'an pa-ra ta hå-lum gi bat-ko-nai-re?

   When does boarding begin?

   Usage

   Ask while waiting at the boarding gate

   Grammar Note

   "Ngai'an" = when; "para ta" = we are about to

10. Månu nai gaige i tenda duty-free?

    Ma-nu nai gai-ge i ten-da du-ty-free?

    Where is the duty-free shop?

    Usage

    Ask after clearing security

    Grammar Note

    The English term is used

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