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

WORK

WORK

  • O‘u te sau o‘u te fia fai galuega. I have come to seek work.

  • Alu ia ina vele i luma fale. Go and weed in front of the house.

  • Ali‘i, ua ‘uma lea galuega. Sir, that work is done.

  • Ta mai se avega la‘au. Cut a bundle of sticks.

  • Ina puipui a‘i le umu. Shut in the cooking-house with them.

  • Valu se popo ma fafaga moa i le page 340 penu. Scrape a cocoa-nut and feed the fowls with the scrapings.

  • O ia ina tae otaota. Go and pick up the rubbish.

  • Tafi le fale. Sweep the house.

  • Tutu mai le lamepa. Light the lamp.

  • A uma ona ‘ai, fai ia la tatou lotu. When you have finished eating let us have worship.

  • Sauni ia o matou moega. Prepare our beds.

  • Se‘i tatou alala ma talatala. Let us sit and converse together.