BARTER, &c

• O le a lau feau? What is your message?

• O‘u te sau o‘u te fa‘atau. I have come to sell?

• Ni a au mea e fa‘atau? What have you to sell?

• Au mai se‘i fun ai. Bring it that it may be weighed.

• E tusa ma le tala. It is a dollar's worth.

• Au mai se ofu tino. Let me have a shirt.

• O le a lau fa‘atau? What have you to sell?

• O‘u te fa‘atau talo e mata tolu. I have thirty heads of taro to sell.

• Na o le mata lua o‘u te fa‘atau ai. I will buy twenty heads only.

• Se a se mea e te mana‘o ai? What do you want for it?

• O‘u te mana‘o le i‘e sina. I wish for white calico.

• O‘u te mana‘o se moli ta-ofu. I wish for some washing soap.

• Pe avatu se tino i tupe e totogi ai? Shall I pay you in money?

• O la‘u i‘a lenei o‘u te fa‘atau. This is my fish for sale.

• Pe avatu ai lau seleni? Shall I give you a shilling for it?

• Ua o‘u sau e fa‘atau le pua‘a. I have come to sell a pig.

• ‘O la‘u fa‘atau ‘o moa. I have fowls to sell.

• E fia moa? How many fowls?

• ‘O le a le tau? What is the price?