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A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous

  • Faʻatali seʻia ʻou sau. Wait till I come.

  • Pe ʻe te toe foʻi mai? Will you come back?

  • ʻOu te toe foʻi mai lava. I will certainly return.

  • ʻAumai lou vaʻa ta te o ai i uta. Bring your canoe for me to go ashore with you.

  • Ofea le vai taʻele? Where is the bathing-place?

  • Ta te o i ai. Let us (we two) go to it.

  • Seʻi tatou o i ai. Let us go to it.

  • ʻO le a matou o e taʻele. We (excluding person addressed) are going to bathe.

  • ʻOu te alu, ʻou te taʻele. I am going to bathe.

  • Ta o, seʻi maimoa i lena pito nuʻu. Come with me to look at that end of the village.

  • Pe se fale o ai lena? Whose house is that?

  • Oifea le maota o le aliʻi? Where is the chief's house?

  • Ofea le fale o le Faʻamasino Peritania? Where is the British Consul's office?

  • Avatu le tusi nei i le Faʻamasino Siamani. Take this letter to the German Consul.

  • Po o ai se taʻofu i lenei nuʻu? Who is there that washes clothes here?

  • O le a le totogi? What is the price?

  • Pe faitalia ʻo ia ona saili moli ma masoa? Will she get her own soap and starch?

  • Pe uma afea? When will they be finished?

  • Ia faʻala ia mago lelei. Let them be well dried.

  • ʻOu te saili se moli. I will get some soap.

  • ʻO ai lou igoa? What is your name?

  • ʻO le a le igoa o lea laʻau? What is the name of that tree?

  • ʻO le a le igoa o lea manu? What is the name of that bird?

  • Seʻi ta o i uta e fana manu. Let us go inland to shoot birds.

  • Pe tele ni lupe i le vao nei? Are there many pigeons in this bush?

  • Toli mai se nin ʻou te inu ai. Gather a young cocoa-nut for me to drink.

  • Seʻi ta o i tai i le vaʻa. Let us go to the vessel.

  • Toe sau a taeao ta te o ai i uta. Come again in the morning for me to go with you ashore.

  • Ua lelei, ʻou te sau pe a uma le aiga. Very good, I will come after breakfast.

  • ʻO le a aʻu alu. I am going.

  • Tofa. Good-bye.

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