FOOD AND ITS PREPARATION

• Ave le i‘a, ina fa‘atiau ma unafi. Take the fish, gut, and clean off the scales.

• Ina tunu pa‘ua. Broil it on the coals.

• Tunu ma le ga‘o i le falai pan. Broil it with lard in the frying-pan.

• Pu‘e se mea, fasi, futi, ma fa‘atiau. Catch a fowl, kill, pluck, and pull it.

• Ave, ina tao i le umu. Take and cook it in the oven.

• Tunu se tufaaga pua‘a i le ‘ulo. Boil a piece of pork in the sauce-pan.

• Fasi se ‘ufi ma tunu. Cut up a yam and boil it.

• Toli mai ni ‘ulu. Pick some bread-fruits.

• Valu ni popo ma tau le sua. Scrape some nuts and sweep out the juice.

• Fai se taufolo sami. Make some salt taufolo.

• Po ua pusa ea le umu?. Have you lit the oven?

• Tao ia le umu. Cover in the oven.

• Fu‘e ia le umu pe a ua vela. Uncover the oven if it is ready.

• Tunu le vai. Boil the water.

• Laulau mai le ‘ai. Lay the dinner.