Talofa Talk is officially launching January 19, and it was built for one purpose: to take an absolute beginner and guide you step-by-step to an intermediate level where you can recognize sentence patterns, build your own sentences, and read real Samoan with confidence—especially in the Tusi Pa’ia.
These classes are on-demand, so you can watch at your own pace and on your own schedule. Whether you want to move quickly or take your time, you’ll be able to revisit lessons anytime you need a refresher.
If you’ve ever felt stuck because you didn’t know how Samoan sentences are put together, this course solves that problem from the foundation up. Talofa Talk doesn’t rely on random memorization. It teaches a repeatable method: learn the structure, practice the structure, then apply the structure in real reading.
What Talofa Talk includes
The course is designed as a sequence of short, clear lessons that stay focused on the skill you need in that moment. Each lesson is available on-demand and includes:
- Video lessons that explain the sentence structure in plain terms
- Guided practice using the workbooks
- Vocabulary reinforcement activities
- Section tests that confirm you actually understand what you’ve learned
- Exclusive passes to Live classes
The resources you’ll use
Talofa Talk is paired with a full set of practice tools. These are the same resources I use when teaching, so you’re not just watching videos—you’re building skill through repetition and guided application, whenever it’s convenient for you.
1) UMA Sentence Structure Workbook
This is your main practice engine. UMA is where you learn the parts of Samoan sentences and how they work together. You’ll practice building sentences from patterns and identifying what each part is doing. This workbook is designed to train your brain to recognize structure quickly, which is the difference between “I’ve seen this before” and “I understand what it means.”
2) Tusi Pa’ia Scripture Workbook
This workbook is where everything becomes real. You’ll learn how to break down the Samoan version of the Bible in a beginner-friendly way, verse by verse. Instead of feeling overwhelmed by full passages, you’ll use a simple method to identify the subject phrase, tense marker, action phrase, pronouns, connectors, and meaning. It’s built so that beginners can start reading scripture sooner than they think.
3) Talofa Talk Samoan Word Search Book
Vocabulary matters—but vocabulary sticks best when you see it repeatedly in categories and contexts. The word search book supports every lesson by reinforcing nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, location words, time words, and common phrases. It’s not a random activity book. It’s structured reinforcement that makes the language familiar faster, and it’s perfect for class time, self-study, and family learning.
How this takes you from beginner to intermediate
A beginner usually struggles for one of two reasons:
- They don’t recognize the sentence structure, so everything looks “jumbled.”
- They don’t have enough repeated exposure to the same high-frequency words and patterns.
Talofa Talk handles both.
You’ll start with pronunciation and the foundations, but you’ll quickly move into what actually unlocks comprehension: sentence structure. You’ll learn how subject phrases work, how tense markers shape meaning, and how pronouns and connectors change what a verse is saying. You’ll practice core patterns like TAS and TSA and learn how to extend them with objects, locations, and more detail.
As you move through the course, you’re not just learning “what this means.” You’re learning how to figure out what it means—which is exactly what an intermediate learner can do. Intermediate isn’t perfect fluency. Intermediate is being able to look at a sentence and confidently break it down, understand the structure, and get the meaning without panic.
The goal at the end
By the end of Talofa Talk, you’ll have a repeatable process you can use with new sentences and unfamiliar verses. That’s why the course is designed around scripture: if you can learn to break down and read the Tusi Pa’ia in Samoan, you’re building real comprehension skills that transfer everywhere else—conversation, reading, writing, and continued learning.
Coming January 19
The new Talofa Talk course launches January 19 on TalofaTalk.com. If you want a structured path that doesn’t waste time and actually teaches you how the language works, this course was built for you.
