If you're trying to learn Samoan Articles you will find some useful resources including a course about Definite and Indefinite Articles... to help you with your Samoan grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Samoan. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Samoan Articles 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 Articles is in the structure of the grammar in Samoan.
Samoan articles are words that combine with a noun to indicate the type of reference being made by the noun. Generally articles specify the grammatical definiteness of the noun. Examples are "the, a, and an". Here are some examples:
| English Articles | Samoan Articles |
|---|---|
| articles | |
| the | |
| a | |
| one | e tasi |
| some | |
| few | e feololo |
| the book | o le tusi |
| the books | o tusi |
| a book | o se tusi |
| one book | o le tusi e tasi |
| some books | ni tusi |
| few books | ni tusi |
Notice the structure of the Articles in Samoan.
Below is a list of vocabulary where you can use the Definite and Indefinite Articles in Samoan. Try to practice but also memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Samoan vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Samoan Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Food | Taumafa/Mea'ai |
| almonds | lama |
| bread | falaoa |
| breakfast | ti o le taeao |
| butter | pata |
| candy | lole |
| cheese | sisi |
| chicken | moa |
| cumin | fa'amanogi mea'ai Initia |
| dessert | mea'ai mama eg;after dinner |
| dinner | aiga o le afiafi |
| fish | I'a |
| fruit | fuala'au 'ai mata |
| ice cream | asi kulimi |
| lamb | mamoe |
| lemon | tipolo |
| lunch | aiga o le aoauli |
| meal | mea'ai/aiga |
| meat | a'ano manufasi |
| oven | oagumu |
| pepper | fa'amanogi mea'ai |
| plants | la'au toto |
| pork | a'ano o le pua'a |
| salad | salati |
| salt | masima |
| sandwich | sanuisi |
| sausage | sosisi |
| soup | supo |
| sugar | suka |
| supper | itu ti/mea'ai mama ae le'I moe ile po |
| turkey | pipi |
| apple | apu |
| banana | fa'i |
| oranges | moli |
| peaches | peaches |
| peanut | pinati |
| pears | pea |
| pineapple | fala'ai |
| grapes | vine |
| strawberries | strawberries |
| vegetables | fuala'au faisua |
| carrot | karoti |
| corn | saga |
| cucumber | kukama |
| garlic | aniani saina |
| lettuce | lakisi |
| olives | olive |
| onions | aniani saina |
| peppers | polo faimea'ai |
| potatoes | pateta |
| pumpkin | maukeni |
| beans | pi |
| tomatoes | tamato |
Definite and Indefinite Articles have a very important role in Samoan. Once you're done with Samoan Articles, you might want to check the rest of our Samoan lessons here: Learn Samoan. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
Menu: | |||
The links above are only a small sample of our lessons, please open the left side menu to see all links.