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The Guam Bus The mission of the Guam Bus is to revitalise the Chamoru language & empower the Chamoru people.

15/04/2026

At the Guam Bus we are all safe from Typhoon Sinlaku with minimal damage. As we are in Guam, we lost a few trees, and had some minor flooding but enao ha’.

With no power and no data for our phones for several days, we brought out the radio to listen for updates and tuned it to KSH 102.9 for Chamoru music. For our youngest kids it was their first experience with a radio and changing stations and looking for news and listening to random music and despite all the anxiety and uncertainty, they enjoyed having the radio to focus on.

Our hearts are with i mañe’lu-ta in the CNMI who received the full force of the typhoon.

12/04/2026

Learn Fino Chamoru with Lulai! While the Marianas was preparing for Typhoon Sinlaku this weekend, Lulai wanted to make a video with one of her books that uses weather vocabulary. She shares how to say words like windy, stormy, rainy and sunny in Chamoru in this video.

Lulai enjoys making these videos, especially knowing that other families use them to speak Chamoru with their children. Si Yu’os Ma’åse for watching them!

Biba Lulai!

Video is edited and created by Sumåhi.

Editor’s note: there are always multiple ways to say things in any language and Chamoru is no different.

12/04/2026

As Guam prepares for the arrival of Typhoon Sinlaku, even the statue of Maga’låhi Kepuha in Hagåtña has been tied down help it withstand the coming winds and rain.

Maga’lahi Kepuha is one of the most iconic Chamoru historical figures, best known for welcoming the Spanish priests who first arrived to Guam in 1668 and his family giving them land to build a church in Hagåtña.

Kepuha was a defender of the early church in Guam, but he was also the first documented Chamoru to challenge the authority of the church and its priests.

Governor Ricky Bordallo found him to be an inspirational figure, who symbolized the potential for the Chamoru people to navigate changing times and protect their interests. He erected the first statue in the park in 1977. The original statue began to deteriorate and was replaced with a second one in 2016 during the time of Governor Eddie Calvo. That statue was knocked down during Typhoon Mawar in 2023. The current, third statue was erected in 2025 during the tenure of Maga’håga Lou Leon Guerrero.

12/04/2026

In 2024, the Guam Bus published “An Tåya’ Elektrisidåt” or “When There’s No Electricity” a book that follows three Chamoru children on Guam who have to find things to do when a typhoon leaves them without any electricity or internet. After Typhoon Mawar hit in 2023, we published it in the hopes that families could use it as a way to talk about typhoons, community, culture and resiliency. You can buy copies on our website www.theguambus.com.

The music in the video is “Typhoon Karen” from The Charfauros Brothers.

“Anggen duru i ichan maolek, sa’ pinino’ i manglo” or “if it rains hard it is good, because the wind is killed by it.” T...
09/04/2026

“Anggen duru i ichan maolek, sa’ pinino’ i manglo” or “if it rains hard it is good, because the wind is killed by it.” This wisdom from our elders is connected to why something which may seem unfortunate on the surface, may actually be a good thing in the long run. When it rains a lot some elders would say this is good since it will prevent worse weather, such as a typhoon from occurring. This also has social relevance in terms of why it is important not to hold things in for too long since it may become even more damaging or harmful.

Free weekly ONLINE Chamoru lessons with Miget have started again! This time for the Fañomnåkan 2026 term (dry season). The tenth class will take place AGUPA’, Saturday, April 11th from 9 am - 12:30 pm, Chamorro Standard Time.

These classes are divided into three levels to support students at different stages of learning, and you are welcome to attend any or all.

Puyitos or Beginning classes take up the first hour and will begin from the basics of learning Chamoru. These are great for those with little or no exposure to Chamoru language.

Poya or Beginner 2 students take up the next hour and this is designed to support students who have been in Chamoru lessons for several months already or previously taken basic Chamoru classes.

The last hour and a half of class is dedicated to Tåndan and Punidera or near-intermediate or intermediate students. This level is great for those near fluent or already fluent in Chamoru as they often analyze the language from a linguistic, cultural and historical perspective.

Put fåbot message this page if you would like to receive a link to join via the Fañomnåkan 2026 session of classes via Zoom. There is also a WhatsApp community that has been created to support learners and also different practice groups that people can join.

09/04/2026

Next week is Ha’ånen Kontribusion, or Tax Day. Here is a special tax themed episode of Chinagen Chamoru How many of these 10 words do you know in Chamoru?

This video is written and edited by Sumåhi.

There are always different ways to say things in a language and so please comment with other options for phrases or vocabulary.

Kao un danche todu?

Miget’s free Zoom class for Fañomnåkan 2026 have begun and will continue every Saturday 9 am - 12:30 pm ChST until June. Message us to receive the Zoom link.

Mes Chamoru is over, and that means this is a good time to reflect on how it emerged in our history and where we go from...
07/04/2026

Mes Chamoru is over, and that means this is a good time to reflect on how it emerged in our history and where we go from here.

After centuries of colonization, that told Chamorus implicitly and explicitly that their language and culture were worthless, Chamorus began celebrating Chamorro days at schools around Guam in the 1960s. In the 1970s this was expanded to become Chamorro Week at some schools, the first being George Washington High School. By the 1980s and 1990s the Government of Guam and tourism industry joined in to start celebrating Chamorro Month.

After centuries of colonization which disrupted our connections to our culture, language and ancestors we are moving towards healing and reconnection. And although this process sometime starts small, the idea is that overtime it will grow and language use, cultural practice will be daily activities, not something that we wait for a si mile month to initiate.

Some call this såkkan Chamoru, the idea that we should celebrate and embody our identity all year round, not just for a day, a week or a month.

If you love the Chamoru language, love to read and love supporting Chamoru and Marianas writers, you might want to get o...
06/04/2026

If you love the Chamoru language, love to read and love supporting Chamoru and Marianas writers, you might want to get one of our Guam Bus totes.

You can buy them on our website www.theguambus.com.

Sabåna: hill or mountain. Each bingo set features 75 vocabulary cards and 15 playing sheets. Some cards like this one in...
05/04/2026

Sabåna: hill or mountain.

Each bingo set features 75 vocabulary cards and 15 playing sheets. Some cards like this one include bonus vocab words. A great tool for learning Chamoru with family, friends coworkers or classmates. We always try to include Chamoru references in our products and so some of you may recognize the sabåna on this card is somewhat similar to an iconic sabåna in Southern Guam.

You can buy a set on our website (www.theguambus.com) or at several local businesses on Guam such as The Local Shop, Faith Bookstore, New Memories, Rexall Drugs, Green Growth Guam, I Tenda from PIPIT, Bonita Baby and It Takes a Village. If you are in Hawai’i, you can get Guam Bus Bingo or other products at Native Books and Da Shop in Kaimuki.

The Guam Bus hails from the Kabesa (Flores) and Bittot (Lujan) clans of Guam. These are our grandparents and great-paren...
05/04/2026

The Guam Bus hails from the Kabesa (Flores) and Bittot (Lujan) clans of Guam. These are our grandparents and great-parents from our mother’s side, who taught us Chamoru language, and taught us about Chamoru culture and history.

One notable member of the Bittot clan is our grandfather/great grandfather Tun Jack or Joaquin Flores Lujan who was a master blacksmith and Master of Chamoru Culture and also received a National Heritage Award from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1996. Beside him is our grandma/great grandma Elizabeth De Leon Flores Lujan, Familian Kabesa.

To honor him we incorporate Chamoru blacksmithing and the tools that they create into our books, flash cards and other learning materials.

“Ti ha fa’gåsi i migo’-ña trabiha” or “he/she hasn’t even washed their eye boogers yet.” This turn of phrase can have se...
02/04/2026

“Ti ha fa’gåsi i migo’-ña trabiha” or “he/she hasn’t even washed their eye boogers yet.” This turn of phrase can have several meanings. It is a way of saying to not mind what someone has done because they are young and immature and don’t even know how to wash their face yet. It can also be used and adapted to refer to how it is too early for something. So if someone in a friend or work chat does something first thing in the morning to irritate everyone, you can soothe people by reminding them, that he probably hasn’t even washed his face yet. If you change the pronouns to refer to yourself, it can be used to say “it is too early for this.”

Free weekly ONLINE Chamoru lessons with Miget have started again! This time for the Fañomnåkan 2026 term (dry season). The ninth class will take place AGUPA’, Saturday, April 4th from 9 am - 12:30 pm, Chamorro Standard Time.

These classes are divided into three levels to support students at different stages of learning, and you are welcome to attend any or all.

Puyitos or Beginning classes take up the first hour and will begin from the basics of learning Chamoru. These are great for those with little or no exposure to Chamoru language.

Poya or Beginner 2 students take up the next hour and this is designed to support students who have been in Chamoru lessons for several months already or previously taken basic Chamoru classes.

The last hour and a half of class is dedicated to Tåndan and Punidera or near-intermediate or intermediate students. This level is great for those near fluent or already fluent in Chamoru as they often analyze the language from a linguistic, cultural and historical perspective.

Put fåbot message this page if you would like to receive a link to join via the Fañomnåkan 2026 session of classes via Zoom. There is also a WhatsApp community that has been created to support learners and also different practice groups that people can join.

01/04/2026

Learn Fino’ Chamoru Yan I Guam Bus has been hijacked for April Fools! Akli’e’ pretends to be Miget today (atan i batbas) and offers 5 romantic Chamoru phrases to use with someone special in your life - mullert! Don’t trust today’s episode, except for the laughs.

Here’s what the sentences really mean:
Your butt really stinks
Sen mutong i daggån-mu

Your didn’t wash your eye boogers
Ti un fa’gåsi i migo’-mu

C’mon hurry up
Lachaddek nai

You smell like armpit
Pofa’fa hao

I like your kelaguan
Ya-hu i fina’tinås-mu kelaguen

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