Caption: If chica bonita in Spanish makes sense to you then teine aulelei in Samoan has got to make sense too There’s a lot of languages that describe the subject by saying the descriptive word after the subject Samoan is one of them Teine aulelei Galuega faigata Ofutino taugofie mea sili toto maualuga Again, we said the subject…then…
Plastic: Derogatory term meaning Americanized, lacking culture, not knowing the language, NOT a REAL SAMOAN. Excerpt from the Documentary “Nameless”. Now available on Totolua.com and Amazon Prime Video. Being shunned from one’s own Samoan community and labeled as “plastic” or a fake Samoan is a profoundly alienating experience that can trigger deep insecurities and feelings…
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…
I had some people that wanted the cards but said they couldn’t afford them, so I made some worksheets. They’re free to download at Pasifikapages.net. I’ll put a whole book of worksheets with explanations because I’m not sure when I’ll be able to teach another class. So if you ever signed up before, just use…
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,…
VIDEO CAPTION In English we’d say Sam’s bike In Samoan it’s The bike of Sam or o le uila a Sam In English we’d say Sam’s house In Samoan it’s the house of Sam or O le fale o Sam Sam’s car The car of Sam or O le ta’avale a Sam Sams mother, The…
Caption: Basically the difference between a class possessions and o class in Samoan this will be the shortest simplest video. The main mistake you do not want to make is referring to your parents or God is “a” class. Not O la’u tina or o la’u tama, it’s lo’u tina, o lo’u tama, O lo…
An abbreviated for way one person to tell or ask another person to do something is “ta” and then the action they want to do.Ta is the dual Samoan pronoun that means “we or us 2” You’ll hear ta in a lot of love songs because Ta is used when one person is speaking to…
Caption: Someone pointed out to me that when you’re reading Samoan in order to translate it, you often have to start in the middle, then go back to the front for it to make sense. That’s because in English we typically start our sentences with the subject. In Samoan, we don’t usually start with the subject. …
