I am a native speaker and fluent in Samoan. I want to say faafetai uso. You have done a phenomenal job here breaking it down for those who really want to learn the language. My kids are half Samoan and this is a great resource for them to see the hows and whys things are the way they are. I cannot teach that part of the language. Maybe I can do a little bit of it but I would probably knock them on the head a few times before they get it, so it is best to stay off it. Please keep it up uso, malo lava faafetai.
Malo! I’m half Samoan and was raised out of state from my Samoan side. This greatly helps me to learn the language and I thank you and appreciate you for doing this!!!!!! I’m happy and grateful for this, May God bless you! Thank you
Hi Jacob, I'm half Samoan and planning on going to Samoa end of the year and speak the language better. It's amazing how you picked it up so quickly. Good work fa'afetai lava!
Malo Le soifua, I’ve been trying to find a channel to help me with my Samoan mainly with conversation replying as I understand the language 100% when spoken to but never put the effort to learn (regretting not listening to my parents 😂😂) thanks for your channel 👍🏽👌🏾
This is great! One thing that I was always taught was that if you were leaving to meet at another spot within the same visit/day, you use fekaui but if you're leaving and you won't be seeing the person again (within the same day) you use feiloa'i but I'm American and by no means fluent in Samoan so I'll def. take into account what you've stated here. Keep up the great job!
You never know, I may have it wrong too 😁 I’m still learning stuff all the time. Learning it as a second language means there are plenty of opportunities to misinterpret.
Hard to say, i had formal language lessons for two months before I went to Samoa but before I left I could understand quite a bit, as long as what the topic was supposed to be about :) I think it was about a year before I felt like I could understand most things and ask questions for stuff I didn’t understand. But honestly even today , there are still somethings I don’t get in the first time hearing it, but I’m like that with English too so I think you just got to be patient and always willing to learn
If you have any advice, corrections, or suggestions please let me know. But yeah, I definitely wasn’t thinking many fluent Samoan speakers would be watching this 😆 Fa’amoemoe ka ika ou ke le ka’ika’i sese se isi lol
I am a native speaker and fluent in Samoan. I want to say faafetai uso. You have done a phenomenal job here breaking it down for those who really want to learn the language. My kids are half Samoan and this is a great resource for them to see the hows and whys things are the way they are. I cannot teach that part of the language. Maybe I can do a little bit of it but I would probably knock them on the head a few times before they get it, so it is best to stay off it. Please keep it up uso, malo lava faafetai.
Thanks for the encouragement, I’m glad it’s helpful
Thank you for sharing, my grandmother was from Samoa.
This is an amazing resource! Thanks so much!
You're very welcome!
Malo! I’m half Samoan and was raised out of state from my Samoan side. This greatly helps me to learn the language and I thank you and appreciate you for doing this!!!!!! I’m happy and grateful for this, May God bless you! Thank you
I’m so glad you found it helpful, I haven’t made any new videos for a while (just been busy) but let me know if you have any ideas for a topic
Hi Jacob, I'm half Samoan and planning on going to Samoa end of the year and speak the language better. It's amazing how you picked it up so quickly. Good work fa'afetai lava!
I’m glad it sounds good now, it definitely didn’t start out that way 😝. I hope you have a great trip and that some of these videos will prove useful
Fa’afetai tele lava
I’m SO happy that I found your channel- you’re an awesome teacher
Thanks, I’ll try to keep it up. Let me know if you have any ideas for video topics
Malo Le soifua, I’ve been trying to find a channel to help me with my Samoan mainly with conversation replying as I understand the language 100% when spoken to but never put the effort to learn (regretting not listening to my parents 😂😂) thanks for your channel 👍🏽👌🏾
I’m glad it’s helpful. Let me know if there’s any common situations you think would be good to cover in a video
Talofa lava Jacob , i have just come across your tutorials .You explain gagana Samoa very well . Keep up the great work . Fa'afetai tele.
Hello. I'm glad I came across your videos. I soo want to learn the Samoan language. Thank-you teaching it.
I’m glad it’s helpful. Let me know if you have any questions or ideas for future videos
This is great! One thing that I was always taught was that if you were leaving to meet at another spot within the same visit/day, you use fekaui but if you're leaving and you won't be seeing the person again (within the same day) you use feiloa'i but I'm American and by no means fluent in Samoan so I'll def. take into account what you've stated here. Keep up the great job!
You never know, I may have it wrong too 😁 I’m still learning stuff all the time. Learning it as a second language means there are plenty of opportunities to misinterpret.
Nice vids brother. Trying to learn Samoan. Thanks. Keep it coming. Clear and understandable.
Thanks for watching. I hope they’re helpful. Let me know if there are any topics you think would be helpful to cover
Can you do a video on how to introduce yourself in Samoan to people or a group of people??
Thanks for the great idea Karen. I’ll make it my next video
hey bro how long did it take you to understand fluent samoan??
Hard to say, i had formal language lessons for two months before I went to Samoa but before I left I could understand quite a bit, as long as what the topic was supposed to be about :) I think it was about a year before I felt like I could understand most things and ask questions for stuff I didn’t understand. But honestly even today , there are still somethings I don’t get in the first time hearing it, but I’m like that with English too so I think you just got to be patient and always willing to learn
Malo le Soifua
you say some of these too well that its trippy to hear you say it then see a palagi in the corner😭
That’s always nice to hear 😁! It’s been a while since I last visited so I’m always worried that I’ve become too rusty
Im full samoan and speak good samoan but idk why im watching this😐
If you have any advice, corrections, or suggestions please let me know. But yeah, I definitely wasn’t thinking many fluent Samoan speakers would be watching this 😆 Fa’amoemoe ka ika ou ke le ka’ika’i sese se isi lol