Gagana Samoa: A Samoan Language Coursebook, Revised Edition

Lesona 17. Verb Usage

333333333333333 6 LESoNA 17 Verb Usage Present tense — e and te EXERCISE 57 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. Ioane drinks milk. 2. Mele goes to school. 3. Pita walks home. 4. He likes the car. 5. Feleti loves Eseta. EXERCISE 58 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. I work in Auckland. 2. We (3+ excl.) live in Wellington. 3. We (2 excl.) run to work. 4. She plays volleyball. 5. He goes to the movies. EXERCISE 59 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. E galue Feleni i le fale‘oloa. 2. E savali le faiā‘oga i le ā‘oga. 3. E ‘ata le tama. 4. E alu Sione ‘i le faletupe. 5. E alofa a‘u ‘iā te ‘oe. 6 Gagana Sāmoa Present tense — ‘ua EXERCISE 60 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. Ioane has gone. 2. Peta has slept. 3. Sina has prayed. 4. We (plural — excl.) have sung. 5. They (plural) have worked. EXERCISE 61 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. ‘Ua ‘a‘ai Iosua ma Tavita. 2. ‘Ua lele le manulele. 3. ‘Ua tū le pepe. 4. ‘Ua ‘ata le tama. 5. ‘Ua sisiva teine. EXERCISE 62 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. ‘Olo‘o ‘ai Siaki. 2. ‘Olo‘o moe le teine. 3. ‘Olo‘o tusitusi Pili. 4. ‘Olo‘o alu Peni ‘i le lotu. 5. ‘Olo‘o feinu tamāloloa. EXERCISE 63 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. The house is burning. 2. The boy is writing. 3. Ioane is laughing. 4. The pastor is praying. 5. I am eating. Lesona  6 Past tense — na / sā EXERCISE 64 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. Na tamo‘e ‘o ia. 2. Sā ‘a‘ai latou. 3. Na tagi le pepe. 4. Sā ti‘eti‘e le tama i le ta‘avale. 5. Na pepese tamaiti. EXERCISE 65 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. I went yesterday. 2. John ate the cake. 3. Ioane came in the bus. 4. She stood beside the table. 5. We (plural — incl.) argued. Future tense — ‘o le ā EXERCISE 66 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. Peta will wake up. 2. Mataio will sing. 3. The bird will fly. 4. The woman will sew. 5. The girl will read. EXERCISE 67 Translate / Fa‘aliliu 1. ‘Ole‘ā fīnau i latou. 2. ‘Ole‘ā mālōlō le tama. 3. ‘Ole‘ā fa‘amamā le potu. 4. ‘Ole‘ā vali le fale. 5. ‘Ole‘ā feita faiā‘oga. 0 Gagana Sāmoa Short story / Tala pu‘upu‘u Sā tū Ioane i tafatafa o le ta‘avale tuai. Sā musu Ioane i le ta‘avale tuai. Na sau le pule ma le pepa e saini ai Ioane, ‘ae peita‘i na lē saini Ioane. Sā fai atu le pule ‘iā Ioane, “E te mana‘o i le ta‘avale lenei?” Sā tali mai Ioane, “Leai. ‘Ou te lē mana‘o i lenā ta‘avale.” Sā toe fai atu le pule, “Aiseā?” Sā toe tali mai Ioane, “O le ta‘avale tuai. ‘Ou te mana‘o i se ta‘avale fou.” Na fa‘asino e le pule le ta‘avale fou iā Ioane. Sā fai atu le pule iā Ioane, “‘E te mana‘o i le Holden lelā?” Na ‘ata Ioane ma fai atu ‘i le pule, “‘Ioe fa‘amolemole”. Verbs in the above story tū — stand musu — refuse sau — come saini — sign fai — say mana‘o — want tali — answer/reply fa‘asino — point out ‘ata — laugh/smile ≥ Tāulele‘a do their tautua. Lesona   Adjectives tuai — old fou — new other words ma — and ‘aiseā — why mai — toward the listener (adv. of directions) atu — away from the speaker (adv. of direction) iā — (to) a preposition; comes before noun/pronoun EXERCISE 68 Write the English translation of the above story ...