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Pronouncing T,K,N,G Caption: Another big question in Samoan pronunciation and inflection is T vs K. Is T formal and K informal? For my whole life that’s the way I knew it. My first video that’s how I explained it. People were in the comments saying that’s right, that’s wrong. So I never talked about it…
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Fa’ataofi and Fa’amamafa Caption: In Samoan pronunciation, these symbols are very important and are needed to pronounce words correctly. This is known as the fa’amamafa meaning to make heavy or emphasize, also known as a macron. These macrons go over vowels. Not observing a macron could change the entire meaning of a word like tama…
Pronoun Translation Standalone Translation a’u I O a’u It’s me/I ‘oe you O ‘oe It’s you ia her/him/it O ia It’s her/him/it i ma’ua us 2 (exclusive) O i ma’ua It’s us two (ex) i ta’ua us 2 (inclusive) O i ta’ua It’s us two (incl) oulua you both O oulua It’s you both i…
Here’s how to tell time in Samoan: When someone asks ‘Ua ta le fia? or It has struck the how many…basically what time is it The first sentece structure, let’s use the hour of 2. ‘Ua ta le lua, ‘Ua kuata le lua, ‘Ua afa le lua ‘Ua is the present tense marker, le means the, and lua…
Caption: If you put lē in front of any action or adjective, the action or adjective becomes negative. Siva….lē siva…. Ou te le siva Kea ….lē kea…. Ou te le kea Fiafia…lē fiafia…E le fiafia le teine Notice in front of the lē is a tense marker. Tense marker, lē, then the action or adjectives….
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Anytime you have action you’ll have a place or a location where the action happens If I walk to the store. The action is walk and it happens to the store. If Joseph exercises at home. The action is exercise and it happens at home if there’s a bird on the car. The birds action is existing or being present…
Telling time in Samoan Telling time in Samoan, of course you’ll need to know numbers in Samoan and then 3 main time structures. When someone asks ‘Ua ta le fia? or It has struck the how many…basically what time is it The first sentece structure, let’s use the hour of 2. ‘Ua ta le lua, ‘Ua kuata le lua, ‘Ua afa le lua ‘Ua is…
E is the “Habitual Present” tense marker. It changes the occurrence of an event to something that usually, habitually, and presently happens. When used with descriptive pronouns, tense marker “E” changes to “te” and combined with a descriptive pronoun (explained in more detail in the “te” lesson. Like all tense markers, it appears before a…
