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Samoan

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Alphabet

Vowels

Aa Ee Ii Oo Uu

Vowels with a Macron

Āā Ēē Īī Ōō Ūū

Consonants

Ff

Gg

Ll

Mm

Nn

Pp

Ss

Tt

Vv

Borrowed Letters

Hh

Kk

Rr

Glottal Stop

'

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

Which phrase would you use to describe this scene in Samoa?

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

Indefinite

• Alu goes - e alu tua

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

• Sleep - Moe
• Eat - 'ai