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Learning the Samoan Adverbs 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 Adverbs is in the structure of the grammar in Samoan.
Samoan adverbs are part of speech. Generally they're words that modify any part of language other than a noun. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs. Here are some examples:
| English Adverbs | Samoan Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs | |
| I read a book sometimes | E faitau sa'u tusi I seisi taimi |
| I will never smoke | E le taitai ona ou ula tapa'a |
| are you alone? | E na'o 'oe? |
Notice the structure of the Adverbs in Samoan.
Below is a list of the Adverbs of time place manner and frequency in Samoan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Samoan vocabulary.
| English Adverbs | Samoan Adverbs |
|---|---|
| adverbs of time | |
| yesterday | ananafi |
| today | o le aso nei |
| tomorrow | taeao |
| now | taimi nei |
| then | |
| later | |
| tonight | nanei |
| right now | taimi nei lava |
| last night | anapo |
| this morning | o le taeso nei |
| next week | o le vaiaso a sau |
| already | |
| recently | |
| lately | |
| soon | toeititi |
| immediately | |
| still | filemu |
| yet | e le'I eg; tupu/o'o |
| ago | tuana'i |
| adverbs of place | |
| here | o inei |
| there | o 'ila |
| over there | o le itu lela/o le itu lena |
| everywhere | |
| anywhere | so'o se mea/nofoaga |
| nowhere | |
| home | aiga/fale |
| away | e le o iai |
| out | fafo |
| adverbs of manner | |
| very | |
| quite | |
| pretty | aulelei |
| really | e mo'i |
| fast | saoasaoa |
| well | lelei |
| hard | malo |
| quickly | vave |
| slowly | lemu |
| carefully | fa'aeteete |
| hardly | seasea |
| barely | |
| mostly | |
| almost | |
| absolutely | |
| together | fa'atasi |
| alone | to'atasi |
| adverbs of frequency | |
| always | taimi 'uma |
| frequently | |
| usually | |
| sometimes | |
| occasionally | |
| seldom | |
| rarely | |
| never | le taitai |
Adverbs of time place manner and frequency have a very important role in Samoan. Once you're done with Samoan Adverbs, you might want to check the rest of our Samoan lessons here: Learn Samoan. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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