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Describing Subjects in Samoan
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…

Tense Action Subject Location
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…

How to Phrase Possessive Samoan Statements
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 vs. O-Class Samoan Words
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…

Making Short Commands in Samoan Using the Pronoun “Ta”
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…

Counting in Samoan
Counting in Samoan Learning to Count in Samoan: A Simple Guide Counting in Samoan is easy and fun! Once you learn the basic numbers, you can count anything. Let’s start with the numbers from 1 to 10 and build from there. Numbers 1 to 10 in Samoan Here are the numbers from one to ten:…

Samoan Pronoun Exercise Using This Everyday Phrase
Another great phrase to help learn Samoan pronouns is the phrase O fea o (fill in the blank) and then i ai Which basically means “where is she at, where are we at, where are they at?”. But it depends on the pronoun you’re using. O fea…a lot of times you’ll just hear fea which…

Command Tense in Samoan
When the tense of a statement is understood, the tense marker is often omitted. The command tense marker is often omitted because the tense is almost always understood as immediate, urgent, and present. Sometimes you only need a verb/action word like aumai, ave, salapu, alu, alu ese, fa’avave, fa’avave mai, fa’avave mai lau tuai. You…

Why Samoans Identify Nouns with the Letter “O”
The Samoan language identifies subjects with the particle “O” when there is no action or location given to the noun. The “O” is a noun tense marker that indicates: The “O” noun tense marker is used in complete subject phrases. If you were to ask someone to identify a person, place, thing, or idea in…

Using the Worksheet to Learn Samoan Possessive Pronouns
Download this worksheet First choose a noun and determine whether it is an a-class or o-class possession. Let’s use penitala or pencil. If there’s no letter in the first column then it’s plural and specific set of penitala. If there’s an l, then it’s singular and specific penitala. If we use “s” then we’re saying…