Another thing I love about Chuukese: Atuutu, to celebrate a people or a person, they’d throw candies and gifts to celebrate their arrival. What do you call this celebration in your language, culture or region? #Chuuk #Chuukese #Micronesia #Micronesian | Bill Yang

Big changes are coming this New Year. Starting January 1st, I’ll be shifting my content to focus on Chuukese language, Chuukese culture, and real-life communication, especially in healthcare and emergency situations. I’ve received many messages asking for translations and help bridging communication for our people—and it’s time to answer that call. 👉 Watch the full video for the full explanation of what’s coming. Thank you all for the support. Kinisou chapur. 🇫🇲 #Chuukese #ChuukeseLanguage #P

*REPOST bc idk what happened to the first one.🫠😬 Chuukese people are well-known for their fish and kon. Kon is breadfruit, as seen in the video, that has been boiled and pounded/mashed. We pound the breadfruit using a Po and a Nif. Nif is the brown wood used to pound on top of, I’ve forgotten what tree it comes from. And the Po is the one used to pound the breadfruit itself. The Po comes from the ocean, which is live or dead coral harvested & crafted into the shape it is currently holding. We

Learning Chuukese through everyday words, this time with body parts. In today’s reel, I’m teaching my Filipino wife how to pronounce these Chuukese words 👩🏽‍🤝‍👨🏽❤️ 🧠 Mekur — Head 👂 Sening — Ears 🗣️ Chior — Throat 👀 Maas — Eyes 👃 Potum — Nose 🦷 Ngimw — Teeth 💪 Affaromw — Shoulder 🦒 Uwom — Neck 💪 Sopun poumw — Arm We also talked about some fun descriptive words: ✨ “Katakat” Gorgeous “Mi katakat mesomw” Your eyes are gorgeous. 💖 “En mi niekape” You are beautiful (said to a female) 💪

Chuukese Weather Related Words Rain: Úút or Apúng Rán Cold: Paat Sunny/Hot: Kar It’s Hot: Pwichikar Lightning: Fifi Thunder: Chopulap Comment words you’d like to learn or think we should share 😄 #Chuukese #Micronesia #Language | Bill Yang