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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Fijian
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Fijian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Fijian phrases in this lesson
- E dua na teveli me ruaeh NDOO-a na teh-VEH-lee meh ROO-a
- A table for two
- Na menu, yalo vinakana MEN-yoo, YA-lo vee-NA-ka
- The menu, please
- Na cava e vinaka?na THA-va eh vee-NA-ka
- What do you recommend?
- Au sega ni kana...ow SENG-a nee KA-na
- I don't eat...
- Au sega ni rawa ni kana...ow SENG-a nee RA-wa nee KA-na
- I'm allergic to...
- Lewe ni manumanuLEH-weh nee ma-noo-MA-noo
- Meat
- ToaTO-a
- Chicken
- IkaEE-ka
- Fish
- E kana vinakaeh KA-na vee-NA-ka
- It's delicious
- Bula vinaka!MBOO-la vee-NA-ka
- Cheers
Literally "a table for two".
Literally "what is good?".
Kana is to eat.
Literally "I cannot eat ...", the plain way to describe an allergy.
Literally "animal flesh". Menus usually name it: vuaka (pork), bulumakau (beef).
Kokoda, raw fish in coconut cream and lime, is the national dish.
Literally "it eats well".
Over kava, clap once, say "bula", drink in one go, then clap three times.