Samoan Verb Phrase
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….
Samoan verbs are the center of the action phrase. Below is a list of Samoan action words aka verbs” apportion, share fa’asoa extend fa’ateleina alert (awake) mata’ala argue finau, misa ask permission fa’anoi ask question fesili assemble (gather) aofia, fa’apotopoto assist fesoasoagi assumed faapea astray se avenge fa’afetaui awake, to ala baffle fa’apalo bail out…
