pasifikapages.net caption: In Samoan, prepositions are essential elements that indicate the relationship between various elements within a sentence. They are used to specify the position, direction, or manner of an action, object, or subject in relation to another. Prepositions in Samoan, much like in English, help to provide clarity and context to a sentence. Here’s…
Quick lesson about the prefix fa’a. You’ll see fa’a in front of thousands of Samoan words Right after fa’a is usually a root word when you add fa’a as a prefix, to MOST WORDS not all because there are a couple of other functions of fa’a but for a lot of words, fa’a means to…
Caption: When you identify subjects in the Samoan language, the basic phrase structure is O present tense marker the limiter which makes the noun or subject singular or plural and then the noun Let’s identify a house or fale O, our limiter goes right here, then the noun is fale, Now let’s get our limiter this grid…
Caption: Here’s a brief conversation starter that you can have in the Samoan language just in time for Mother’s and Father’s day. O oe o se tinā? if they say yes or Ioe Then you say Manuia le aso tinā O oe o se tinā? you a mother we make this question by taking two subject phrases O oe is…
Samoan Superlatives Sili Atu Here’s two simple phrases in Samoan to let you express what’s best, better, or greater by using Samoan superlatives. E sili atu translates to “it’s best, it’s better, or it’s greater”. E- present tense marker Sili atu is best or greater And then we name whats best, which is (the subject) …
Caption: If chica bonita in Spanish makes sense to you then teine aulelei in Samoan has got to make sense too There’s a lot of languages that describe the subject by saying the descriptive word after the subject Samoan is one of them Teine aulelei Galuega faigata Ofutino taugofie mea sili toto maualuga Again, we said the subject…then…
I had some people that wanted the cards but said they couldn’t afford them, so I made some worksheets. They’re free to download at Pasifikapages.net. I’ll put a whole book of worksheets with explanations because I’m not sure when I’ll be able to teach another class. So if you ever signed up before, just use…
VIDEO CAPTION In English we’d say Sam’s bike In Samoan it’s The bike of Sam or o le uila a Sam In English we’d say Sam’s house In Samoan it’s the house of Sam or O le fale o Sam Sam’s car The car of Sam or O le ta’avale a Sam Sams mother, The…
A-Class Possessions In Samoan, A-class relationships are used for: Examples of A-Class Relationships Here are some common examples of when to use A-class: How to Spot an A-Class Sentence In Samoan, A-class relationships are introduced with “A la’u” (my), “A lau” (your), or “A lona” (his/her). The “A” at the beginning tells you it’s an…
An abbreviated for way one person to tell or ask another person to do something is “ta” and then the action they want to do.Ta is the dual Samoan pronoun that means “we or us 2” You’ll hear ta in a lot of love songs because Ta is used when one person is speaking to…
