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This document provides an overview of the Samoan language alphabet and grammar structures. It discusses the symbols used in the alphabet including the glottal stop and macron diacritical marks. It then explains how to break words down into syllables and phonemes. The rest of the document outlines the main parts of speech in Samoan including verbs, adverbs, nouns, possessive pronouns, prepositions, tense markers, and conjunctions. Examples are provided for each part of speech.

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This document provides an overview of the Samoan language alphabet and grammar structures. It discusses the symbols used in the alphabet including the glottal stop and macron diacritical marks. It then explains how to break words down into syllables and phonemes. The rest of the document outlines the main parts of speech in Samoan including verbs, adverbs, nouns, possessive pronouns, prepositions, tense markers, and conjunctions. Examples are provided for each part of speech.

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Samoan Presentation

BY: Pemila Young

Konesane
f(a), g(a), l(a), m(o), n(u), p(i), s(a), t(i), v(i), h(e),
k(a), r(o)

Symbols in Alphabet
Glottal ()

A = a;

E = e;

I = i;

O = o;

U = u;

Macron ()

A = ;
E = ;
I = ;
O = ;
U = ;

Breaking down Words


O Fliga Silapela:
O le k o le faapuupuu o le konesane.
O le v o le faapuupuu o le vaueli.

O Leo Silapela: o leo pito itiiti o le Gagana Samoa


/ e /; / ma / ma isi.

Ex1) O le upu telefoni


O Leo Silapela: te/le/fo/ni
O Foliga Silapela: kv/kv/kv

Ex2) O le upu faitotoa


O Leo Silapela: fa/i/to/to/a
O Foliga Silapela: kv/v/kv/kv/kv

IGOA O VEGA O LO O FAU AI FUAIUPU SAMOA

Vega o Upu
1. O le Veape (Verbs)
2. O le Soveape (Adverbs)
3. O le Nauna (Nouns)
4. O le Sonauna
5. O le Suinauna (Pronouns)

O Upu o Fai (Possessive Pronouns)


7. Upu Faasino Nofoaga/Tagata (Prepositions)
8. Faasino Taimi (Tense Marker)
9. Upu e Sosoo ai Manatu (Conjunctions)
6.

Matchin
g Terms

Matching
Vaega o Upu

Examples
5

Ia; Ita; Oe; Au

Soveape (Adverb)

Tagata saina, fale paepae

Nauna (Noun)

Sonauna

Suinau(Pronoun)

Upu of Fai (Possesive Pronoun)

Lou Tam; my car


Past Tense and Present
Tense
Amerika, Pemila Young,
taavale
O le; ma le; and; etc.

Upu Faasino Nofoaga/Tagata


(Prepositions)

savali; tamoe; falogo

savali vave

luga; mamao; tua

Veape (Verb)

8
9

Faasino Taimi (Tense Marker)


Upu e Sosoo ai Manatu (Conjunctions)

O le Veape (Verbs)
O le veape, o upu o le fuaiupu Samoa e taua

mai mea nei./Verbs


O le mea lea e tupu (timu, af, pa, matagi ma

isi). O lo o timu Nuuuli.


O le lagona o le tagata. Ua ta fiu ai lava.
O le mea o lo o fai. O lea ou te talanoa i le
telefoni.
E faapfea le tagata, po o le mea lea: E mata
lelei le faioga.

Back

O le Soveape (Adverbs)
E taitoalua ma le Veape i le muamua pe

muliai foi e pei o./ It goes with the verb


either in the front or the back,like this:
Faato sau; Ua ao; Sau vave

Adverb

Verb

Back

O le Nauna (Nouns)
O nauna o upu o le fuaiupu Samoa e taua

mai mea nei:


O mea faitino, e pei o famalu ma isi./Something

solid, like a mattress etc.


Other Examples) Moega/Bed; Potu/Room;

laulau/table.
O igoa, e pei o nuu, tagata, ma isi./ A name,

like a village or city , a person, etc.


Other Examples) Albert Einstein, Leonardo Da Vinci,

Falani , and Samoa.

Back

O le Sonauna
O le soa o le Nauna, e taitoalua ma le nauna,

ae eseese le faatlagaga i fuaiupu Samoa


e pei o:/ Basically a word that goes with the
noun to emphasize a specific characteristic of
the noun.
fale Samoa, teine paplagi

Back

O le Suinauna (Pronouns)
O le SUINAUNA (Pronouns). E suia le Nauna.

Na o le f (4) lava: Ia, Ita, Oe, Au


Pronouns only 4 of them.

Back

O Upu o Fai (Possessive Pronouns)


E faamlamalama mai ia itiga fesootaiga

(relationships) e pei o:/ Basically the


relationship between 2 or more things.
O matou taavale; po o matou fale;

Lou tam; Lau v; Sau mea ai, ma isi.


Some examples could be my car, my table,
my computer, etc.

Back

Upu Faasino Nofoaga/Tagata (Prepositions)


i Fagatogo; i Samu; i Ilai; luga;

lalo; tala ane; tala atu; i tafatafa, ma


isi.
Words used for loaction of something or
someone.

Back

Faasino Taimi (Tense Marker)


E faailo e: O lo o; Ua; O le a; O lea; Na/Sa le

taimi e tupu ai gioiga, ae le suia fliga o le


Veape Samoa, e pei ona molimaua i fuaiupu
nei: Na fai lau saka. I made the saka. O
lo o fai lau saka.

Back

Upu e Sosoo ai Manatu (Conjunctions)


O le - ma le; ma; au; ma isi e faaaog e

sosoo ai manatu i fuaiupu.


Basically and, or ad anything else that can
be used to combine sentences.

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