A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary
WORK
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WORK
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O‘u te sau o‘u te fia fai galuega. I have come to seek work.
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Alu ia ina vele i luma fale. Go and weed in front of the house.
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Ali‘i, ua ‘uma lea galuega. Sir, that work is done.
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Ta mai se avega la‘au. Cut a bundle of sticks.
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Ina puipui a‘i le umu. Shut in the cooking-house with them.
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Valu se popo ma fafaga moa i le
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penu. Scrape a cocoa-nut and feed the fowls with the scrapings.
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O ia ina tae otaota. Go and pick up the rubbish.
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Tafi le fale. Sweep the house.
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Tutu mai le lamepa. Light the lamp.
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A uma ona ‘ai, fai ia la tatou lotu. When you have finished eating let us have worship.
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Sauni ia o matou moega. Prepare our beds.
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Se‘i tatou alala ma talatala. Let us sit and converse together.



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