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Samoan
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Alphabet
Vowels edit
Aa Ee Ii Oo Uu
Vowels with a Macron edit
Āā Ēē Īī Ōō Ūū
Consonants edit
Ff
Gg
Ll
Mm
Nn
Pp
Ss
Tt
Vv
Borrowed Letters edit
Hh
Kk
Rr
Glottal Stop edit
'
Greeting
Talofa/ (lava) - Greetings
Malo/ (lava) - Greetings
Malo le soifua - Good health to you
Oa mai oe? - How are you?
Manuia, faafetai - Good, thanks.
Ae a oe? - What about you?
Manuia foi faafetai - Good also, thank you.
Fa - Bye
Manuia le aso - Have a good day
Phrases
- It's a nice day
- manaia le aso
- I'm hungry
- ua oa fía 'ai
- Have a good day
- manuia le aso
- Have a good evening
- manuia le afiafi
- Have a good morning
- manuia le taeao
- Have a good night
- manuia le poo
- Don't be angry
- aua e ke ika
- Go Sleep!
- alu e moe!
Sentences
- Your dress is really pretty
- Ese le aulelei a lou ofu
- Let's go to the shop
- ta o i le fale'oloa
- Where are you going?
- o fea e te alu i ai?
- Where are your kids?
- o fea lau fanau?
- Where are you from ?
- o fea e te sau mai ai?
Present edit
- Indefinite
- Alu goes - e alu tua
Past edit
Future edit
Vocabulary
- House - fale
- City - a'ai
- Star - fetu
- Moon - maasina
- Bread - falaoa
- Bathroom - faletaele
- Apple - Apu
- Fish - i'a
- Rabbit - rapiti
Adjectives
- Happy - manuia, fiafia
- Angry - ika
- Worried - popole
- Hard - faigata
- Easy - faigofie
- Open - mataka
- Closed - taapuni
Verbs
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- Sleep - Moe
- Eat - 'ai