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Learning the Samoan Plural 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 Plural is in the structure of the grammar in Samoan.
Samoan Plurals are grammatical numbers, typically referring to more than one of the referent in the real world. In the English language, singular and plural are the only grammatical numbers. Here are some examples:
| English Plural | Samoan Plural |
|---|---|
| Plural | |
| my book | o la'u tusi |
| my books | o a'u tusi |
| our daughter | o le ma tama teine |
| our daughters | o le ma fanau teine |
| I'm cold | Ua 'ou ma'alili |
| we're cold | Ua matou ma'alili |
| his chickens | o moa ale tama |
| their chicken | o a latou moa |
Notice the structure of the Plural in Samoan.
Below is a list of the Plurals and Singulars in Samoan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Samoan vocabulary.
| English Plural | Samoan Plural |
|---|---|
| alligator | ole korotokaila |
| alligators | o korotokaila |
| bear | pea |
| bears | tele pea |
| bird | manulele |
| birds | manu felelei |
| bull | povi po'a |
| bulls | povi po'a e tele |
| cat | pusi |
| cats | o pusi |
| cow | povi |
| cows | o povi e tele/tele povi |
| deer | |
| many deer | |
| dog | maile |
| dogs | maile e tele/tele maile |
| donkey | asini |
| donkeys | asini e tele/tele asini |
| eagle | aeto |
| eagles | aeto e tele/tele aeto |
| elephant | elefane |
| elephants | elefane e tele/tele elefane |
| giraffe | serafi |
| giraffes | serafi e tele/tele serafi |
| goat | oti |
| goats | tele 'oti/'oto e tele |
| horse | solofanua |
| horses | tele solofanua/solofanua e tele |
| lion | leona |
| lions | leona e tele/tele leona |
| monkey | manuki |
| monkeys | manuki e tele/tele manuki |
| mouse | isumu |
| mice | tele isumu/isumu e tele |
| rabbit | rapiti |
| rabbits | tapitie tele/tele rapiti |
| snake | gata |
| snakes | tele gata/gata e tele |
| tiger | taika |
| tigers | taika e tele/tele taika |
| wolf | luko |
| wolves | tele luko/luko e tele |
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