Gagana Samoa: A Samoan Language Coursebook, Revised Edition

by Galumalemana Afeleti Hunkin

Overview

Gagana Samoa is a modern Sāmoan 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 Sāmoan 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780824831318
Publisher:	University of Hawaii Press, The
Publication date:	06/09/2009
Edition description:	Revised
Pages:	200
Sales rank:	654,709
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Author: Hunkin, Galumalemana Afeleti;
Galumalemana Afeleti Hunkin was born in Fale‘ula, Western Samoa, in 1945. He became the foundation tutor of Sāmoan language and culture at the Pacific Islanders’ Educational Resource Centre, Auckland, in 1977. Four years later he was appointed director of the Wellington Multicultural Educational Resource Centre. He is now a senior lecturer in Sāmoan studies at Victoria University.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix

Acknowledgements xi

Introduction xiii

Lesona 1 Pronunciation 1

Lesona 2 Greetings 7

Lesona 3 This, That, These, Those 11

Lesona 4 Articles 19

Lesona 5 Revision 23

Lesona 6 The Negative 25

Lesona 7 Adjectives 28

Lesona 8 Simple Commands 32

Lesona 9 Locating Objects or People 37

Lesona 10 Numbers 41

Lesona 11 Statements-the Word 'O 46

Lesona 12 Telling the Time 49

Lesona 13 The House 51

Lesona 14 Days of the Week, Months of the Year 55

Lesona 15 Verbs 59

Lesona 16 Verb Tenses 62

Lesona 17 Verb Usage 67

Lesona 18 Negative of the Tenses 72

Lesona 19 Personal Pronouns 74

Lesona 20 Pronoun Usage 76

Lesona 21 Possessive Pronouns 83

Lesona 22 More on Adjectives 90

Lesona 23 Buying and Selling 93

Lesona 24 The Verb 'To Be' 96

Lesona 25 The Structure 'To Have' 100

Lesona 26 Word Order in Samoan Sentences 103

Lesona 27 The Relative Particle Ai 107

Lesona 28 Conjunctions 112

Lesona 29 Ten Useful Conversations 116

Lesona 30 Songs, Rhymes, Riddles, Puzzles 125

Lesona 31 Revision 131

Answers to Exercises 137

Glossary 161

Bibliography 179