A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary
Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous
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Faʻatali seʻia ʻou sau. Wait till I come.
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Pe ʻe te toe foʻi mai? Will you come back?
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ʻOu te toe foʻi mai lava. I will certainly return.
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ʻAumai lou vaʻa ta te o ai i uta. Bring your canoe for me to go ashore with you.
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Ofea le vai taʻele? Where is the bathing-place?
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Ta te o i ai. Let us (we two) go to it.
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Seʻi tatou o i ai. Let us go to it.
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ʻO le a matou o e taʻele. We (excluding person addressed) are going to bathe.
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ʻOu te alu, ʻou te taʻele. I am going to bathe.
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Ta o, seʻi maimoa i lena pito nuʻu. Come with me to look at that end of the village.
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Pe se fale o ai lena? Whose house is that?
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Oifea le maota o le aliʻi? Where is the chief's house?
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Ofea le fale o le Faʻamasino Peritania? Where is the British Consul's office?
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Avatu le tusi nei i le Faʻamasino Siamani. Take this letter to the German Consul.
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Po o ai se taʻofu i lenei nuʻu? Who is there that washes clothes here?
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O le a le totogi? What is the price?
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Pe faitalia ʻo ia ona saili moli ma masoa? Will she get her own soap and starch?
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Pe uma afea? When will they be finished?
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Ia faʻala ia mago lelei. Let them be well dried.
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ʻOu te saili se moli. I will get some soap.
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ʻO ai lou igoa? What is your name?
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ʻO le a le igoa o lea laʻau? What is the name of that tree?
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ʻO le a le igoa o lea manu? What is the name of that bird?
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Seʻi ta o i uta e fana manu. Let us go inland to shoot birds.
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Pe tele ni lupe i le vao nei? Are there many pigeons in this bush?
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Toli mai se nin ʻou te inu ai. Gather a young cocoa-nut for me to drink.
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Seʻi ta o i tai i le vaʻa. Let us go to the vessel.
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Toe sau a taeao ta te o ai i uta. Come again in the morning for me to go with you ashore.
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Ua lelei, ʻou te sau pe a uma le aiga. Very good, I will come after breakfast.
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ʻO le a aʻu alu. I am going.
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Tofa. Good-bye.