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Learning the Samoan Adjectives is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Samoan language. But first we need to know what the role of Adjectives is in the structure of the grammar in Samoan.
Samoan Adjectives are words that describe or modify another person or thing in the sentence. Here are some examples:
| English Adjectives | Samoan Adjectives |
|---|---|
| adjectives | |
| a green tree | la'au lanu meamata |
| a tall building | o se fale maualuga |
| a very old man | o se toeaina matua |
| the old red house | o le fale mumu tuai |
| a very nice friend | o se uo lelei |
Notice the structure of the Adjectives in Samoan.
Below is a list of the Adjectives, Colors, Shapes, Sizes in Samoan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Samoan vocabulary.
| English Adjectives | Samoan Adjectives |
|---|---|
| colors | Lanu |
| black | lanu uliuli |
| blue | lanu moana |
| brown | lanu enaena |
| gray | lanu 'efu'efu |
| green | lanu meamata |
| orange | lanu moli |
| purple | lanu viole |
| red | lanu mumu |
| white | lanu pa'epa'e |
| yellow | lanu samasama |
| sizes | |
| big | lapo'a |
| deep | loloto |
| long | umi |
| narrow | lauiti |
| short | pu'upu'u |
| small | la'ititi |
| tall | maualuga |
| thick | mafiafia |
| thin | manifinifi |
| wide | lautele |
| shapes | |
| circular | lapotopoto |
| straight | sa'o |
| square | fa'atafafa |
| triangular | tafatolu |
| tastes | Tofo |
| bitter | |
| fresh | fou |
| salty | o'ona |
| sour | |
| spicy | feu |
| sweet | suamalie |
| qualities | |
| bad | leaga |
| clean | mama |
| dark | pogisa |
| difficult | faigata |
| dirty | palapala |
| dry | mago |
| easy | faigofie |
| empty | gaogao/leai se mea o iai |
| expensive | taugata |
| fast | masau/saoasaoa |
| foreign | mai fafo |
| full | tumu |
| good | lelei |
| hard | malo |
| heavy | mamafa |
| inexpensive | e le taugata |
| light | mama |
| local | |
| new | fou |
| noisy | pisao/pa'o |
| old | matua |
| powerful | malosi |
| quiet | filemu |
| correct | sa'o |
| slow | lemu |
| soft | vaivai |
| very | |
| weak | vaivai/lelava |
| wet | susu |
| wrong | sese |
| young | la'ititi/e le matua |
| quantities | |
| few | e le tele |
| little | la'ititi |
| many | tele |
| much | tele eg;money/water |
| part | na'o se vaega |
| some | nai mea |
| a few | na'o ni nai mea |
| whole | mea atoa |
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