Supporters of the "Historic Inalåhan" program came to the Legislature in support of a bill intending to help fund this endeavor. The majority of the testimonies were given in Chamorro. Here was one of them.
Guåho si Rosita San Nicolas, uno gi “crafter” yan i taotao i kusina ta’lo,
(I am Rosita San Nicolas, one of the crafters and kitchen crew also,)
gi guåho fuma’titinas i asiga guihe påpa’.
(I am the one making salt down there.)
Dångkulo na si Yu'us ma'åse',
(Thank you very much, Senator Cruz, Aline and Tina.)
Man måtto ham, man magof ham gi annai man mamaisen ham ayudo.
(We come, we are happy to ask assistance.)
In agradese todo i ineppen-ña si Tina nu hame.
(We appreciate all of Tina's answers to us.)
I representånte-ña as si Stephanie måtto påpa'
(Her representative Stephanie came down)
gi sagan-måme ya ha kuentuse ham.
(to our place and spoke with us.)
Pues man gaige ham på'go guine
(So we are here today)
para bai in sangåne hamyo na in agradese todo i ayudo
(to tell you that we appreciate all the help)
yanggen siña en na’e hame para bai in abånsa ha’ mo’na.
(if you could give us so we can move forward.)
Yan an man måtto i bisita
(And when the visitors come)
pareho ha' i estråño yan hita ni taotao tåno'.
(the foreigner as well as the locals.)
In fanunu’e håftaimano mo'na i kinalamten i man antigo
(We show them how things were in the past)
guihe påpa' gi lugåt-ta.
(down there in our place.)
Yan guåha na biåhe na man mamaisen bokan Chamorro.
(And there are times that they ask for Chamorro food.)
Pues in na' posisipble ennao gi anggen man mamaisen
(So we make that possible when they ask)
para bai in na’ guåha.
(that we provide it.)
Ennaogue’ testigo ha’ si Sen Cruz gi annai måtto un biåhe.
(There is Senator Cruz to witness when he came one time.)
In na’ sena guihe påpa'.
(We made him eat dinner down there.)
Pues in kombida para bai in fan gupot an si Senator.
(Then we invited Senator to feast with us.)
Si Tina ti måtto ha dalak hame guihe na ha'åne.
(Tina didn't come to follow us that day.)
Lao hu tungo' ha' dångkulo i korason-ña
(But I know that her heart is big)
para u bisita i taotao Inalåhan lao chumatsaga guihe na
ha'åne
(to visit the people of Inarajan but that day it was difficult to do so)
annai måtto påpa' si Sen Cruz.
(when Senator Cruz came down.)
Pues in agradese na dångkulo yanggen mumaloffan este i finaisen-måme
(So we appreciate a lot if this our request moves ahead)
ni para en ayuda ham gi håftaimano mo'na para bai in abånsa
mås i kinalamten i historical Inalåhan.
(that you help us in our endeavor to advance more the activities of Historical Inalåhan.)
Pues dångkulo na si Yu'us ma'åse' senadoras yan si senadot siha ni tumattitiye lokkue'
(And many thanks to the senators who follow also)
yan sumopopotte este na bill, i 361-32.
(and support this bill, number 361-32.)
She uses a word some (many?) younger Chamorro speakers may not know.
Estråño. It means "strange, foreign, unusual." Estranghero is the most exact word for "foreigner" that is related to estråño. They both come from Spanish loan words.
And the indigenous term can also be taotao hiyong (outside people) but that term tends to have a harder nuance to it.
NOTE
She uses a word some (many?) younger Chamorro speakers may not know.
Estråño. It means "strange, foreign, unusual." Estranghero is the most exact word for "foreigner" that is related to estråño. They both come from Spanish loan words.
And the indigenous term can also be taotao hiyong (outside people) but that term tends to have a harder nuance to it.
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