Useful Words & Phrases for Samoan Beginners | Learn Samoan
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- Опубликовано: 26 авг 2024
- One of the best ways to learn Samoan is to just dive in and begin communicating with Samoan speakers.
Marlena is here (with her son Denzel) to teach us a few useful words and phrases for when you're just beginning to speak Samoan.
We call these 'toolbox language' because they're words and phrases that should be in every language learner's toolbox.
I'm so glad you are teaching us Samoan language! Thank you! 🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽💯
Thank You for this video Marlena. Hi Denzel!!!
Hey everybody... Just thought I would add the 5 words & phrases that are featured in this clip:
1. Talofa / malo! = Hello
2. Fa'amolemole = Please
3. Fa'afetai (lava) = Thank you (very much)
4. O le a le mea lea? = What is this?
5. E fia a'o la'u fa'asamoa = I want to learn / practice my Samoan speaking
You can screenshot the whole list @ 3:54 in the video...or you can check out the entire article on this topic over at: tamaiti-samoana.com/useful-samoan-phrases-for-when-youre-beginning-to-learn-samoan/
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Love your videos. fa’afetai lava 💗
I liked and subscribed. Thank you for the great video. My father was Hawaiian Samoan and I would love to learn the language. I love the Samoan culture and especially the food. I'll start watching your videos.
Nice country
Bless you🌺🙏🏼🥰
Through your video, I am able to understand Samoan language better..Thanks 4 that.🥰🥰 Hope 4 more videos.
The Lord's prayer shared with all.
Thank you , great job.
Thanks for watching!
Love this thank you
Thank you im Samoan I want to learn
Thank you for the great videos they are very helpful. I have also been finding the short stories on your website tamaiti-Samoana.com amazing thank you very much! Please keep up the great work!
That's such nice feedback, thank you. You're helping us get pumped to post more often :)
Teach me I need to brush up
Hello. In our school, we have students from different nationalities, among those a couple of Samoans. I want to write a welcome message in different languages but I don't want to do it incorrectly. Could you help me? I would really appreciate it!
Welcome back to school. we are so happy to see you again!
Toe fo'i mai ile aoga. matou te fiafia tele e toe feiloa'i!
Hi Harold. Apologies for the late reply. You've done great so far with your welcome message...I would just make a few changes:
Fa'atalofa atu! Matou te fiafia lava e toe fa'afeiloa'i atu ia te outou!
Quick explanation: "Toe fo'i mai..." is an imperative statement, not a welcome... "fa'atalofa atu" is not reeeally a welcome either (it's more of a warm hello), but we use it here because our Samoan words for welcome are too formal and not suitable for addressing students.
Please let me know if you any other questions. :)
@@anavatau Thank you very much! I really appreciate it.
how to say calm down in samoan
"Ko'a filemu' is the generally accepted way to say 'calm down'...or you could say 'ko'a mai lalo'. Malōlō means rest, or relax...but with the right tone (i.e. annoyed? concerned?) you can also use malōlō to mean something like, 'give it a rest'.
great video! fa'a fe tai tele lava