Tusi'upu Samoa

Tusi'upu Samoa
Author: Papaāliʻi Semisi Maʻiaʻi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 468
Release: 2013
Genre: Samoan language
ISBN:

Tusi ̀ Upu Samoa

Tusi ̀ Upu Samoa
Author: Papaāliʻi Semisi Maʻiaʻi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1071
Release: 2010
Genre: English language
ISBN: 9781877484209

Dr Ma'ia'i grew up with The Rev. George Pratt's A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan Vocabulary, published 1862. Pratt's aim was to provide English translations of everyday Samoan words of the time - so that business could be done and bibles translated. Dr Ma'ia'i's aim is not to challenge Pratt but rather to correct this over simplification of an oral language where real meaning comes from context. Pratt - a missionary for the London Missionary Society - lacked the necessary oral and historical knowledge to translate the use and context of words. Dr Ma'ia'i also acknowledges the legacy of G.B Milner's 1966 Samoan Dictionary. Milner's was a more academic approach concerned primarily with spelling and translation. Along with a word list he provided some examples of usage. Dr Ma'ia'i is Tusi'upu Samoa provides more cultural and historical context. Volume Two contains the English to Samoan text.

Tusiʻupu Sāmoa: Sāmoan to English

Tusiʻupu Sāmoa: Sāmoan to English
Author: Papaāliʻi Semisi Maʻiaʻi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781877484179

Dr Ma'ia'i grew up with The Rev. George Pratt's A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan Vocabulary, published 1862. Pratt's aim was to provide English translations of everyday Samoan words of the time - so that business could be done and bibles translated. Dr Ma'ia'i's aim is not to challenge Pratt but rather to correct this over simplification of an oral language where real meaning comes from context. Pratt - a missionary for the London Missionary Society - lacked the necessary oral and historical knowledge to translate the use and context of words. Dr Ma'ia'i also acknowledges the legacy of G.B Milner's 1966 Samoan Dictionary. Milner's was a more academic approach concerned primarily with spelling and translation. Along with a word list he provided some examples of usage. Dr Ma'ia'i is Tusi'upu Samoa provides more cultural and historical context. Volume One contains the Samoan to English text.

Tusiʻupu Sāmoa: English to Sāmoan

Tusiʻupu Sāmoa: English to Sāmoan
Author: Papaāliʻi Semisi Maʻiaʻi
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 9781877484186

Tusi`upu Sāmoa is a long-awaited dictionary of Sāmoan, the first comprehensive work of its sort written by a Sāmoan, Papaāli`i Dr Semisi Ma`ia`i.

Gagana Samoa

Gagana Samoa
Author: Galumalemana Afeleti Hunkin
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 202
Release: 2009-06-09
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 0824831314

Gagana Samoa is a modern Samoan language resource. Designed for both classroom and personal use, it features a methodical approach suitable for all ages; an emphasis on patterns of speech and communication through practice and examples; 10 practical dialogues covering everyday social situations; an introduction to the wider culture of fa‘asamoa through photographs; more than 150 exercises to reinforce comprehension; a glossary of all Samoan words used in the coursebook; and oral skills supplemented with audio files available on a separate CD or for download or streaming on the web.

Anoafale O Le Gagana Ma Le Aganuu

Anoafale O Le Gagana Ma Le Aganuu
Author: Pemerika L. Tauiliili
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2009-12
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN: 1449035116

"Language and culture can be easily forgotten especially in today's society where it is not spoken and practiced all the time. Compounding the problem is the lack of written litterature, competition with other languages, especially the English language, the advent of modern technological advances promoting other languages, and the migration of Samoans to foreign lands. In the "Anoafale" the author tries to script Samoan cultural practices and language used during cultural ceremonies. Much of this appropriate language is foreign to many Samoans, even adults. These practices and ceremonial words were observed and learned by the author during his life time. The Kava ceremony, the presentaion of foods and gifts, the duties of the talking chief to his high chief are some of the etiquettes that soon will be forgotten if not written, spoken and practiced.

Science-Christianity and Church Activities in the Samoan Islands

Science-Christianity and Church Activities in the Samoan Islands
Author: Fuimaono Fini Aitaoto
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2024-03-05
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1489750223

Following up on his first two books on Church events and the history of the Assembly of God Church in American Samoa, author Fuimaono Fini Aitaoto delves deeper into new science discoveries as they relate to Christianity. If you're interested in Church-related events on the Samoan Islands during the early twenty-first century, then you need this book. There are no known local sources on the progress of the various churches in the Samoan islands during this period and this book provides updated information to fill that void. This book is geared mainly for Bible college students and researchers and the author explores issues including traditions, translations, Climate Change, law and politics. His contemporary perspectives and commentaries provides an inclusive and deeper examination of church operations within the Samoan Islands and Samoan churches abroad.

Tamaitai Samoa

Tamaitai Samoa
Author: Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop
Publisher: [email protected]
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1998
Genre: Samoa
ISBN: 9789820201378

This is the story of Samoan women written in their own words. Sometimes sad, often exhilarating and always interesting, this is a fascinating insight into an ancient culture viewed from the perspective of women. In an often male dominated society the book tells us much that we may have already suspected. ... that even in overtly male societies women are powerful.

Pōuliuli

Pōuliuli
Author: Albert Wendt
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 191
Release: 2023-07-31
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0824894510

I lana tusi ʻua taʻua ʻo le Pōuliuli, tātou te fetaui ai ma le toeaʻina e ʻautū i ai le tala a le atamai o aliʻi, le susuga i le aliʻi tusitala ʻo Maualaʻivao Albert Wendt, ʻo Faleasa Osovae. E fitusefulu ma le ono lona matua, ma ʻo le aliʻi sili i le afioʻaga o Malaelua. ʻUa maleifua ʻo ia i se tasi taeao ma lona ʻinoʻino ʻua matuā mātuiā tele ʻi mea ma tagata ʻuma e pito ʻi sili ona pele ʻiā te ia, ʻaemaise le faʻateʻia ʻo ia lava ina ʻua ia iloa lona sao i lenei faʻalavelave. E puna le vai o le tōfā loloto ma le mamana o le utaga i le Pōuliuli, ʻona ʻo suʻesuʻga a le aliʻi tusitala e faʻamatala ai le māfuaʻaga o le faʻalēaogāina o le māfaufau o le saʻo matua o se nuʻu. ʻO le Pōuliuli ʻo se tusi e faʻaali ai māfaufauga loloto o le tusitala i pūlega faʻakolone i se sosaiete i fetāulaʻiga ala o tū ma aga faʻaonapō nei, ʻoloʻo tūmau pea le mālosi i aso nei e pei ʻo le taimi muamua na lōmia ai i tausaga ʻua mavae. ʻO le uluaʻi faʻaliliuga lenei o le Pōuliuli i le Gagana Sāmoa e le tamaʻitaʻi tusitala ʻo Sia Figiel (ma lana ʻaufaʻatonu āloaʻia o le Gagana Sāmoa: ʻo Niusila Faʻamanatu-ʻEteuati, Alvina Lutu, L.V. Letalu, ma Manumaua Luafata Simanu-Klutz). ʻOleʻā ʻavea lea ma se taimi muamua e momoli ai manatu ma māfaufauga o Maualaʻivao i la tātou gagana, ʻina ʻia faʻaopoopo i le tuputupu aʻe o tusitusiga ʻoloʻo ʻua ʻuma ona faʻaliliu mai i isi gagana, i le Gagana Sāmoa. Pouliuli, Albert Wendt's novel that explores the intricacies of the human condition and the complexity of Samoan society, is translated by Sia Figiel into the Samoan language for the first time.