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Lesson 8 of 10
Getting around in Samoan
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. Play the ten Samoan 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 Samoan phrases in this lesson
- O fea le faletaele?oh FEH-ah le fah-leh-tah-EH-leh
- Where is the toilet?
- E fa'apefea ona ou alu i...?eh fah-ah-peh-FEH-ah OH-na oh AH-loo ee
- How do I get to...?
- I le itu tauagavaleee le EE-too tau-ah-nga-VA-leh
- To the left
- I le itu taumatauee le EE-too tau-ma-TAU
- To the right
- Sa'oSAH-oh
- Straight ahead
- I'ineiee-ee-NAY
- Here
- Nofoaga o nofoaafino-fo-AH-nga oh no-fo-ah-AH-fee
- Train station
- PasiPA-see
- Bus
- Malae va'alelema-LAH-eh vah-ah-LEH-leh
- Airport
- E tasi le tiketi, fa'amolemoleeh TA-see le tee-KEH-tee, fah-ah-mo-le-MO-le
- One ticket, please
Literally "to the left side". Directions are often given by the sea and the inland mountains.
Literally "straight, correct".
Samoa has no railway. Colorful wooden buses cover the islands.
Buses play loud music and stop anywhere you wave.
Literally "the flying boat field".