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Lesson 8 of 10
Getting around in Fijian
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. 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
- I vei na valelailai?ee VAY na va-leh-LAI-lai
- Where is the toilet?
- Au na lako vakacava ki...?ow na LA-ko va-ka-THA-va kee
- How do I get to...?
- Ki mawikee MA-wee
- To the left
- Ki mataukee ma-TA-oo
- To the right
- Vakadodonuva-ka-ndo-NDO-noo
- Straight ahead
- EkeEH-keh
- Here
- Siteseni ni terenisee-teh-SEH-nee nee teh-REH-nee
- Train station
- BasiMBA-see
- Bus
- Rara ni waqavukaRA-ra nee wa-nga-VOO-ka
- Airport
- E dua na tikiti, yalo vinakaeh NDOO-a na tee-KEE-tee, YA-lo vee-NA-ka
- One ticket, please
Valelailai is literally "small house".
Directions in Fiji are mostly landmarks: the church, the market, the sea.
Fiji has no passenger trains, only the cane railway. The bus station is "siteseni ni basi".
Buses have no windows, just roll-down tarps, and stop wherever you wave.
Literally "field of the flying canoe".