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Learning the Samoan Phrases is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Samoan language. But first we need to know what the role of Phrases is in the structure of the grammar in Samoan.
Samoan phrases are a group of words functioning as a single unit in the syntax of a sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Phrases | Samoan Phrases |
|---|---|
| Phrases | |
| hello | talofa |
| bye | tofa |
| congratulations | fa'amalo |
| sorry | fa'amalie atu |
| really | e mo'i? |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Phrases in Samoan has a logical pattern. Locate the Phrases above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Samoan.
Below is a list of the phrases and daily expressions in Samoan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Samoan vocabulary.
| English Phrases | Samoan Phrases |
|---|---|
| a green tree | la'au lanu meamata |
| a tall building | o se fale maualuga |
| a very old man | o se toeaina matua |
| the old red house | o le fale mumu tuai |
| a very nice friend | o se uo lelei |
| I read a book sometimes | E faitau sa'u tusi I seisi taimi |
| I will never smoke | E le taitai ona ou ula tapa'a |
| are you alone? | E na'o 'oe? |
| my car | O la'u ta'avale |
| green car | ta'avale lanu meamata |
| three cars | ta'avale e tolu |
| car garage | fale ta'avale |
| outside the car | fafo o le ta'avale |
| my book | o la'u tusi |
| my books | o a'u tusi |
| our daughter | o le ma tama teine |
| our daughters | o le ma fanau teine |
| I'm cold | Ua 'ou ma'alili |
| we're cold | Ua matou ma'alili |
| his chickens | o moa ale tama |
| their chicken | o a latou moa |
| he is happy | Ua fiafia le tama |
| she is happy | Ua fiafia le teine |
| he is American | O ia o le tama mai Amerika |
| she is American | O ia o le teine Amerika |
| I can accept that | Ou te taliaina lena |
| she added it | ua fa'aopoopo iai ele teine |
| we admit it | matou te fa'ailoa atu |
| they advised him | na latou fautua ile tama |
| I can agree with that | Ou te malie iai |
| she allows it | ua fa'ataga ele teine |
| we announce it | ua matou fa'ailoa fa'aleotele |
| I can apologize | e mafai mona ou fa'ato'ese |
| she appears today | na sau nei le teine |
| they arranged that | Sa/na latou fa'atonuina lena |
| I can arrive tomorrow | E mafai ona ou taunu'u atu taeao |
| she can ask him | e mafai ele teine ona fesili I le tama |
| she attaches that | na avatu fa'atasi ma lena ele teine |
| we attack them | o I tatou e osofa'ia latou |
| they avoid her | ua latou 'alo'ese ma le teine |
| I can bake it | E mafai ona ou taoina |
| she is like him | e pei le teine o le tama |
| ua matou manumalo ai | |
| they became happy | ua filiga fiafia I latou |
| I can begin that | E mafai ona ou amataina lena |
| we borrowed money | sa/na matou nono tupe |
| they breathe air | E manava e latou le 'ea |
| I can bring it | E mafai onam ou aumaia |
| I can build that | E mafai ona ou fausia lena |
| she buys food | o le teine fa'atau mea'ai |
| we calculate it | tatou galuea'ina |
| they carry it | o I latou na tau'aveina |
| they don't cheat | e le faagaoi I latou |
| she chooses him | o le teine e filifili le tama |
| we close it | o tatou e tapunia/e tapuni e I tatou |
| he comes here | e sau inei le tama |
| I can compare that | E mafai ona ou fa'atusatusaina |
| she competes with me | o le teine ma te tauva |
| we complain about it | na matou faitio iai |
| they continued reading | na fa'aauau le latou faitauga tusi |
| he cried about that | o le mea lena na tagi ai le tama |
| I can decide now | E mafai ona ou filifili nei |
| she described it to me | sa fa'amatala mai e le teine ia te a'u |
| we disagree about it | ma te le'I malilie iai |
| they disappeared quickly | na vave na mou atu I latou |
| I discovered that | O a'u na mauaina lena |
| she dislikes that | e le fiafia le teine I lena |
| we do it | O I matou e faia |
| they dream about it | na moe miti iai I latou |
| I earned | sa maua lo'u totogi |
| he eats a lot | e 'ai tele le tama/o le tama e 'aitele |
| we enjoyed that | sa matou fiafia I lena |
| they entered here | o I na latou ulufale mai ai |
| he escaped that | na sao ai le tama |
| I can explain that | e mafai ona ou fa'amatalaina lena |
| she feels that too | e lagona fo'I e le teine lena |
| we fled from there | na matou sosola mai ai iina |
| they will fly tomorrow | e felelei taeao I latou |
| I can follow you | E mafai ona ou mulimuli atu ia te 'oe |
| she forgot me | ua galo a'u I le teine |
| we forgive him | ua matou fa'amagalo I le tama |
| I can give her that | E mafai ona ou aveina iai le mea lena |
| she goes there | O 'o e alu iai le teine |
| we greeted them | Na matou fa'afeiloa'I atu ia te'I latou |
| I hate that | Ou te 'ino'ino Ile mea lena |
| I can hear it | E mafai ona ou lagonaina |
| she imagine that | |
| we invited them | Sa matou vala'auina I latou |
| I know him | ou te iloaina le tama |
| she learned it | na a'oina ele teine |
| we leave now | Tatou o loa |
| they lied about him | na pepelo mai I latou e uiga I le tama |
| I can listen to that | e mafai ona ou falogologo iai |
| she lost that | na leiloa e le teine le mea lena |
| we made it yesterday | na matou faia ananafi |
| they met him | na latou feiloa'I ma le tama |
| I misspell that | ua sese la'u sipelaina o le mea lena |
| I always pray | O lo'o to'aga ia e tatalo |
| she prefers that | e fiafia atu le teine I le mea lena |
| we protected them | na matou puipui is te'I latou |
| they will punish her | latou te fa'asalaina nei le teine |
| I can put it there | e mafai ona ou tu'uina iina |
| she will read it | o le'a faitau e le teine |
| we received that | sa matou mauaina le mea lena |
| they refuse to talk | e mumusu I latou e tautatala |
| I remember that | Ou te manatuaina le mea lena |
| she repeats that | na fa'alua ona fai ele teine le mea lena |
| we see it | ua matou va'ai iai |
| they sell it | na latou fa'atauina |
| I sent that yesterday | na ou lafoina atu ananafi |
| he shaved his beard | ua sele lana 'ava |
| it shrunk quickly | na vave meme'i |
| we will sing it | o le'a tatou usuina |
| they sat there | o latou na nonofo iina |
| I can speak it | e mafai ona ou tautala ai |
| she spends money | teine fa'aalu tupe |
| we suffered from that | ua matou safa ai I lena |
| they suggest that | na fautua mai I latou I le mea lena |
| I surprised him | na ou fa'ate'ia le tama |
| she took that | na ave ele teine lena |
| we teach it | matou te a'oa'oina |
| they told us | na ta'u mai e latou |
| she thanked him | na fa'afetai le teine I le tama |
| I can think about it | e mafai ona ou mafaufau iai |
| she threw it | sa togi e le teine |
| we understand that | matou te malamalam I lena |
| they want that | e manana'o iai latou I lena |
| I can wear it | e mafai ona ou ofu ai |
| she writes that | o le teine na tusia le mea lena |
| we talk about it | na matou talanoa ai |
| they have it | O la e ia latou |
| I watched it | Sa ou matamata ai |
| I will talk about it | O le'a ou talanoa iai |
| he bought that yesterday | na fa'atau ele tama ananafi |
| we finished it | ua 'uma na matou faia |
| inside the house | totonu o le fale |
| outside the car | fafo atu o le ta'avale |
| with me | ma a'u |
| without him | e le'I iai le tama |
| under the table | lalo o le laulau |
| after tomorrow | pe'a 'uma taeao |
| before sunset | ae le'I goto le la |
| but I'm busy | peita'I ou te pisi |
| he is not here | E le o inei le tama |
| that is not my book | e le o la'u tusi lena |
| do not enter | sa le ulufale |
| where is he? | O fea o iai le tama? |
| what is this? | O lea lea mea? |
| why are you sad? | Aisea e te fa'anoanoa ai? |
| how do you want to pay? | E fa'apefea ona e mana'o e totogi? |
| can I come? | e mafai ona ou alu atu? |
| is he sleeping? | O moe le tama? |
| do you know me? | E te iloa a'u? |
| do you have my book? | O ia 'oe la'u tusi? |
| how big is it? | E tele fa'apefea? |
| can I help you? | E mafai ona ou fesoasoani ia 'oe? |
| can you help me? | E mafai ona e fesoasoani mai? |
| do you speak English? | e iloa e'oe Igilisi? |
| how far is this? | o lea le mamao? |
| what time is it? | ua ta se fia?/o lea le taimi lea ua iai? |
| how much is this? | e fia le tau? |
| what is your name? | O ai lou igoa? |
| where do you live? | O fea e te nofo ai? |
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