‘Upu Fa‘afōma‘i
Medical Terms
‘Upu Fa‘afōma‘i
Medical Terms
Medical Terms
Talanoaga
Conversation
‘Upu Fou
Vocabulary
tama teine
Mama, ‘ua inu au fuālā‘au?
tinā
Lēai. ‘Aumai la‘u fuālā‘au ‘o le suka ma a‘u fuālā‘au ‘o le fatu.
tama teine
‘O nei fo‘i lau siaki ‘i le fōma‘i.
tinā
‘Ioe, ma lo‘u tui puipui ‘o le fulū.
‘Aiseā ‘ua ‘ē lē alu ai ‘i le ā‘oga?
tama teine
‘Ou te fia va‘ai ‘i le fōma‘i.
tinā
‘E ā? ‘E te ma‘i?
tama teine
‘Ua fa‘atetele mai lo‘u tale.
tinā
Sē tō‘aga ‘e fa‘amālositino ma inu le vai. Tu‘u ia le inu vai suamalie.
daughter
Mama, have you taken your medication?
mother
No. Bring my diabetes pill and my heart pills.
daughter
Today is your appointment with the doctor.
mother
Yes, and my flu vaccination.
Why haven’t you gone to school?
daughter
I want to see the doctor.
mother
Why? Are you sick?
daughter
My cough is getting worse
mother
Oh, keep up with your exercise and drink water. Stop drinking fizzy drinks.
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
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)
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