Māsina ‘o le Tausaga-Kalena
Months of the Year-Calendar
Māsina ‘o le Tausaga/Kālena
Months of the Year/Calendar
Talanoaga
Conversation
‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary
Tagata 1
‘O le ā le māsina na ‘ē fānau ai?
Tagata 2
‘O le māsina ‘o Ianuari.
‘Ae ā ‘oe?
Tagata 1
‘O le māsina ‘o Iuni.
Tagata 2
‘E to‘afia ou uso na fānanau ‘iā Fepuari?
Tagata 1
‘E to‘atasi. ‘Ae to‘alua na fānanau ‘iā ‘Aperila, to‘atasi ‘i le māsina ‘o Mati, ma le to‘atasi ‘iā Tēsema.
‘Ae ā ‘oe?
Tagata 2
‘O lo‘u uso ‘e to‘atasi na fānau ‘i le māsina ‘o Nōvema, ‘o lo‘u tuafafine ‘o le māsina ‘o Mē, ‘ae ‘o la‘u fānau ‘e toalua, na fānanau ‘uma ‘i le māsina ‘o Iūlai.
Tagata 1
‘O ā aso mālōlō fa‘atūlagaina ‘a Niu Sila?
Tagata 2
‘O le aso lona lua ‘o le Tausaga Fou
Aso muamua ‘o le tausaga
Aso ‘o le Waitangi
Aso Faraile Pa‘ia/Maliu
Aso Gafua ‘o le ‘Ēseta
Aso ‘o le ANZAC
Aso soifua ‘o le Tupu
Matariki
Aso mō tagata faigāluega
Aso Kerisimasi
Aso ‘e soso‘o ma le Kerisimasi
Tagata 1
‘O ā aso mālōlō fa‘atūlagaina ‘a Sāmoa?
Tagata 2
Aso muamua ‘o le Tausaga
Aso Faraile Pa‘ia/Maliu
Aso To‘ona‘i Pa‘ia
Aso Gafua ‘o le ‘Ēseta
Aso Sā ‘o Tinā
Aso ‘o le Tūto‘atasi
Aso Sā ‘o Tamā
Aso Sā Pa‘epa‘e
Aso ‘o le Kerisimasi
Aso ‘e soso‘o ma le Kerisimasi
Person 1
In which month were you born?
Person 2
It was the month of January
What about you?
Person 1
It was the month of June
Person 2
How many of your brothers were born in February?
Person 1
Only one. But two were born in April, one in March and the other one in December.
And you?
Person 2
I have one brother who was born in the month of November, my sister in May, but my two children were born in the month of July.
Person 1
What are statutory holidays in New Zealand?
Person 2
Day after New Years Day
New Years Day
Waitangi Day
Good Friday
Easter Monday
ANZAC Day
Monarch’s Official Birthday
Matariki
Labour Day
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Person 1
What are statutory holidays in Sāmoa?
Person 2
New Years Day
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Easter Monday
Mother’s Day
Independence Day
Father’s Day
White Sunday
Christmas Day
Boxing Day
Ianuari – January
Fepuari – February
Mati – March
‘Aperila – April
Mē – May
Iuni – June
Iūlai – July
‘Aukuso – August
Sētema – September
‘Oketopa – October
Nōvema – November
Tēsema – December
aso mālōlō – holiday
aso mālōlō fa‘atūlagaina – statutory holidays fānau – born; birth
fānanau – (pl) born
māsina – month
tausaga – year
Sāmoa pluralizes verbs if it talks about two or more people
Singular – alu
Dual – ō
Plural – ō
Singular – ‘Ou te alu (I go)
Dual – Ma te ō (We two exclusive go) inclusive – Tā te ō
Plural – Mātou te ō (We -go)
Today’s Quiz
Quiz
A’oa’o le Gagana Sāmoa
Place for some interesting facts.