Samoan subject phrases are the “who/what” part of the sentence — the person or thing the statement is about. They’re usually built by starting with a subject marker and then adding the noun/pronoun, plus any words that describe it.
Common patterns:
- ‘O + subject (often used when you front the subject for emphasis/clarity)
Example idea: ‘O le tama (the boy), ‘O ‘outou (you all) - Le/Se + noun (a very common noun phrase inside sentences)
Example idea: le fale (the house), se tagata (a person) - You can expand the subject phrase with describing words (adjectives, possessives, limiters), making it more specific.
Live Class (YouTube): Subject Phrases in the Tusi Pa’ia
Jan 28 — 7:00pm PDT (Los Angeles)
Time conversions:
- Christchurch, NZ: 4:00pm (Jan 29)
- Sydney, Australia: 2:00pm (Jan 29)
- American Samoa: 4:00pm (Jan 28)
- Honolulu: 5:00pm (Jan 28)
- St. George, UT: 8:00pm (Jan 28)
- Chicago: 9:00pm (Jan 28)
- New York: 10:00pm (Jan 28)
- Frankfurt, Germany: 4:00am (Jan 29)
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