Acknowledgements

Hon. Aupito Toeolesulusulu Tofae Su’a William Sio
Former Minister for Pacific Peoples & Minister for Courts
Former Associate Minister (Education) Pacific
Contribution – Foreword

Si‘ufofoga ‘o le Laumua Trust Board

Tunumafono Auimatagi Ken Ah Kuoi, Chair (Contribution – Preface)
Dr. Aliitasi Su‘a Tavila, Deputy Chair
Le Māmea Afelē Seuala, Secretary
Rev. Elder Malaki Muā‘i‘ava, Mafutaga Faife‘au Sāmoa
Fereni Ete
Tofa Suafole-Gush

Project Team – Development of the Content

Afamasaga Tealu Moresi, Contracts & Project Oversight
Contribution – Preface
Murray Matuaitofiga Faivalu, Project Manager
Savelina Kasiano, Contents Manager
‘Auimatagi Talipisi Silao Kasiano, Consultant

External Advisory Panel

Rev. Elder Risatisone ‘Ete
Retired Minister & Founding Sāmoan Language Lecturer Wellington University

Mētita Va‘afusu‘aga
Former Educator, National University of Sāmoa
Former Member of Sāmoan Language Commission

Tavu’i Dr Niusila Faamanatu-Eteuati
Dean of the Faculty of Education
National University of Samoa – www.nus.edu.ws
Adjunct Research Fellow – School of Languages and Cultures
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences-Victoria University of Wellington, NZ.

Tunumafono Ken Ah Kuoi
Barrister & Solicitor, Former Educator at Porirua College
Education Review Officer & Former Member of F.A.G.A.S.A

Dr. Ali‘itasi Su‘a Tāvila
Senior Lecturer – Victoria University, Wellington

Sāmoa Capital Radio – Staff

Afamasaga Tealu Moresi, Chief Executive Officer
Murray Matuaitofiga Faivalu, Social Media Manager, Producer & Announcer
Savelina Kasiano, Producer & Announcer
Tufue Fiso, Programme Coordinator, Producer & Announcer
Lauano Ati Ilaoa, Producer & Announcer
Anna Fa‘asolo, Producer & Announcer
Tasi Maiava, Producer & Announcer
Tāsesa Lam Sam, Producer & Announcer in Sāmoa

Video

Mrs Eseta Tito
Nouē Maevaga

Kiwa Digital

Steven Renata, Managing Director
Ashley Riddell, Project Manager
Keegan Elliot, Designer

Funding

Pacific Education Innovation and Bilingual Immersion Resource Funds
Ministry of Education Te Tāhuhu o te Mātauranga
Hana Tusa, Pacific Lead Adviser

Content & Resources

Ministry of Education Sāmoa – 1999: ‘O le Kalama ‘o le Gagana Sāmoa:
Kasiano, ‘Auimatagi Silao. 1991. Gagana Sāmoa mō Pisikoa: Peace Corps Sāmoan Language Handbook
Sāmoan Language Handbook, Apia. November 1995: Peace Corps Training Staff.
G.B. Milner: Sāmoan Dictionary 1993.
R.W.Allardice: 1985. A Simplified Dictionary of Modern Sāmoan.
The Sāmoan Bible – ‘O le Tusi Pa‘ia ‘i le Gagana Sāmoa.
T.Chande Lutu-Drabble. Tusi Pese Fatuga Tuai a Samoa. A Songbook of popular old Songs, Photographs and Proverbs of Samoa.

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

ola – life
fa‘afetai – thank you
fānau – children
fiafia – happy
fōa‘i – give
tatalo – prayer
tausi – care

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

Atua – God
afio – to come; be present
Agaga – Spirit
ala – be awake; awaken
Alo – Son
alofa – love
atia‘e – develop
fa‘apaolo – to shelter
fanua – land
fesoasoani – help
lālelei – beautiful
lugā – above
manuia – blessing;
mo‘omia – need
nu‘u – village
pepese – sing (pl)
puapuagā – pain; distress
talosaga – prayer
tofi – appoint; assign
tupu – grow
valevalenoa – beautiful

agaga – spirit
agalelei – kindness; mercy
‘ave – take
Ali‘i – Lord
ita – angry
oti – die/death
fa‘atasi – together
fa‘au‘uina – bless
fa‘amāfanafana – to comfort
lā‘o‘ai – table
laulau – (n) table (v) to lay out food on the table
leaga – bad; evil
leoleo māmoe – shepherd
mativa – poor
mulimuli – to follow; to come after
savali – walk
suafa – name
ta‘ita‘i – lead
ta‘oto – lie down
taumasuasua – overflow tafatafa – near/beside
to‘oto‘o – staff/walking stick

Feagaiga Fou/New Testament

‘Ēvagelia ‘a Mātaio
‘Ēvagelia ‘a Māreko
‘Ēvagelia ‘a Luka
‘Ēvagelia ‘a Ioane
Gāluega ‘a le ‘au ‘Āposetolo
Roma
I Korinito
II Korinito
Kalatia
‘Ēfeso
Filipi
Kolose
I Tēsālōnia
II Tēsālōnia
I Tīmōteo
II Tīmōteo
Tito
Filemoni
‘Ēperu
Iākopo
I Pēteru
II Pēteru
I Ioane
II Ioane
III Ioane
Iuta
Fa‘aaliga

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

‘afeleti – athletics
alogā va‘a – rowing
fa‘ata‘avale polo – bowling
faipelē/fusu‘aga – boxing
fana ‘āū – archery
lakapī – rugby
netipolo – netball
pī‘iga – wrestling
si‘isi‘i u‘amea mamafa – weight lifting
soka – football/soccer
tā polo – golf
ta‘aloga – sport/sports
tēnisi – tennis
tū‘ūgā fautasi – fautasi race
volipolo – volley ball
kilikiti – cricket

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

ala – route
‘auala – road
‘atopa‘u – suitcase
‘ato malaga – luggage
uafu – wharf
faigāmalaga – travel/trip
fa‘afanua – map
fesuia‘iga (‘o va‘alele/nofoaafi, ma isi) – transit
fua – scale
malae va‘alele – airport
nofoaafi – train
nofoaga ‘o nofoaafi – train station
pasi – bus
pepa malaga – ticket
polokalame ‘o le faigāmalaga – itinerary
potu fa‘atalitali mō ē malaga – departure lounge
ta‘avale – car
ta‘avale totogi – rental car
taunu‘u – arrive
tusifolau – passport
va‘a – boat/ship
va‘alele – airplane

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

‘aunese – ounces
‘afa ‘eka – half acre
‘anereueta – hundredweight
‘eka – acre
iata– yard
‘īnisi – inch
futu – foot
lita – litre
maila – mile
milimita– millimetre
mita – meter
paina – pint
pauna – pound
senitimita – centimetre
tone – tonne
hekatea – hectare
kalama – gram
kālone – gallon
kilokalama – kilogram
kilomita – kilometre
kuata – quarter
kuata ‘eka – quarter acre
kuota – quart

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

‘ofu limu – seaweed
ota – raw fish with coconut cream
‘upegatafa‘ilagi – website
fa‘ausi – crated taro in coconut cream
fa‘alifu ufi – boiled yams with coconut cream
fa‘alifu ‘ulu – boiled breadfruit with coconut cream
fa‘alifu fa‘i – boiled banana with coconut cream
fa‘alifu ta‘amū – boiled ta’amū with coconut cream
fa‘alifu talo – boiled taro with coconut cream
fa‘apāpā – baked coconut bread
fāi‘ai fe’e – octopus pieces baked in coconut cream
fāi‘ai gau – sea slug in coconut cream
fāi‘ai pusi – sea eel baked in coconut cream
fāi‘ai taoipu – coconut cream baked in coconut shell
lu‘au/palusami – baked taro leaves with coconut cream
panikeke – pancake
pīsua – tapioca dessert
sapasui – chopsuey
suafa‘i – Sāmoan ripe bananas and coconut cream
supoesi – papaya soup
talo – taro
talo tao – baked taro
taufolo –pounded roasted breadfruit in coconut cream caramel
kaleve pīsupo – gravy with corned beef
kokoaraisa/kokoalaisa – cocoa rice
kokoesi – pawpaw, water, coconut cream, Sāmoan cocoa
kōpai koko –flour dumplings with Sāmoan cocoa and coconut cream

Singular – ‘Ou te alu (I go)
Dual – Ma te ō (We two exclusive go) inclusive – Tā te ō
Plural – Mātou te ō (We -go)

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

ali‘i/tamā‘ita‘i ‘ōfisa mō feūtaga‘iga – liaison officer
ītūlā faigāluega – working hours
‘oi sole – exclamation of astonishment
fa‘atonu ‘o polokalame – program director/coordinator
failautusi – secretary
fale faigāluega – work place
galue –work (verb)
gāluega – job
lāfoga – tax
masini fa‘aleotele leo – microphone
masini fai kopi – printer
masini pu‘e leo – recorder
pule ‘o polokalame – program manager
pule sili – chief executive officer
sipika – speaker
sole – refers to male (son, boy, mate)
suga – refers to female
ta‘ita‘i ‘o se ‘au/vāega – team leader
tagata fa‘asalalau – announcer
totogi ‘āmata – minimum wage
tunutī – tea person
tusitala – journalist
komipiuta – computer
komipiuta fe‘āvea‘i – laptop

‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary

fa‘ama‘i – disease
fa‘amamā le toto – dialysis
falema‘i – hospital
fiva – fever
fiva samasama – hepatitis
fiva rumatika – Rheumatic Fever
fōma‘i – doctor
fuālā‘au – pill; tablet
fufulu lima/fafano lima – wash hands
fufulu nifo/pulumu nifo – brush teeth
ma‘i/gasegase – sick
ma‘i suka – diabetes
ma‘i gugu – gout
manava tatā – diarrhoea
siama – bacteria/germs
suamalie – sweet
su‘e/siaki le toto – blood test
tā‘ele – shower/bath in the river/sea
tausi soifua – nurse
tale vivini – whooping cough
toto māuāluga – high blood pressure
tū mamā– hygiene
tui puipui – vaccine/vaccination
vai tale – cough medicine
vai paipa – tap water
vairusi – virus
kānesa – cancer
kānesa ‘o le māmā – lung cancer
kānesa ‘o le polōsetate – prostate cancer
kānesa ‘o le susu – breast cancer
kānesa ‘o le taufale – bowel cancer
Kōviti-19 – Covid-19

Singular – ‘Ou te alu (I go)
Dual – Ma te ō (We two exclusive go) inclusive – Tā te ō
Plural – Mātou te ō (We -go)