A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary
Barter, &c
Barter, &c
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O le a lau feau? What is your message?
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Oʻu te sau oʻu te faʻatau. I have come to sell?
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Ni a au mea e faʻatau? What have you to sell?
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Au mai seʻi fun ai. Bring it that it may be weighed.
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E tusa ma le tala. It is a dollar's worth.
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Au mai se ofu tino. Let me have a shirt.
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O le a lau faʻatau? What have you to sell?
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Oʻu te faʻatau talo e mata tolu. I have thirty heads of taro to sell.
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Na o le mata lua oʻu te faʻatau ai. I will buy twenty heads only.
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Se a se mea e te manaʻo ai? What do you want for it?
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Oʻu te manaʻo le iʻe sina. I wish for white calico.
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Oʻu te manaʻo se moli ta-ofu. I wish for some washing soap.
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Pe avatu se tino i tupe e totogi ai? Shall I pay you in money?
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O laʻu iʻa lenei oʻu te faʻatau. This is my fish for sale.
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Pe avatu ai lau seleni? Shall I give you a shilling for it?
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Ua oʻu sau e faʻatau le puaʻa. I have come to sell a pig.
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ʻO laʻu faʻatau ʻo moa. I have fowls to sell.
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E fia moa? How many fowls?
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ʻO le a le tau? What is the price?