All things Samoa
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…
Caption: The next 8-week Matou Samoan Language Zoom Class begins Tues May 7th at 7:00pm Pacific Standard Time Classes meet on Tuesdays and Thursday for an hour, where we go over worksheets that you can use to practice Samoan on your own or with your friends and family between classes If you’re not able to…
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 Exercise Instructions The cards are temporarily out of stock. Feel free to download the Sentence Structure worksheets on each lesson. Hopefully more cards will come soon. Understanding Samoan Pronouns Pronouns are fundamental elements in any language, serving as substitutes for nouns to avoid redundancy and manage the flow of conversation. In the Samoan language,…
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 ….le kea…. Ou te le kea Fiafia…le fiafia…E le fiafia le teine Notice in front of the le is a tense marker. Tense marker, le, then the action or adjectives….
The Matou Samoan Language class for Beginners will start January 23, 2024 and ends March 14, 2024. Classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday 7:00pm California, USA time. All classes are recorded, so if you’re unable to attend class you will receive a password to access the exclusive content (recorded classes & worksheets) for students. If…
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…
Subject Tag How to Use Samoan Helping Verbs Action Phrase How to Use Samoan Directional Words like “Atu” and “Mai” to Condense Sentences Action Phrase How To Make a Verb Phrase Negative in Samoan. Action Phrase How to Use Adverbs in Samoan to Create Sentences Action Phrase How to Use Verbs in Samoan Action Phrase…
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…
