Lesson Format

We’ve broken each lesson into six areas.

Fast Phrases
These will be phrases you can and should begin to use around the house.    They will be comprised of commands, responses, and formalities that will aid your mind in converting to Fa’asamoa ( The Samoan Way).

Conversation
This is your chance to interact with others.  We will provide you with situations and common dialogue that can take place in those situations.  For example how you might greet someone for the first time or asking where they are going tonight.  We will try to make it as diverse as possible so you can find many ways to use your Samoan Language.

Song
Not only is singing an inseparable part of Samoan culture, it is inseparable from the language.  Listening to spoken Samoan is like listening to a beautiful song.  As you combine the words and the music you can better acquire the language.  Some songs will go with the lesson and others will be just for fun but we encourage you to memorize them so if you find your self in a jam session and the music turns cultural you can still particiate in the fun. 

Vocabulary
Ten words per lesson with the accompanying English translation.  Memorizing these will be your key to fluency.

Media
This is the random vocabulary player.  You will see pictures representing the 10 vocabulary words for the lesson.  Each time you press “Start Media”, the words will be displayed in random order.  Watching and listening to this resource will increase the speed at which you make the vocabulary words your own.

Sentences
If vocabulary is the key then sentences will be your door.  We will provide sentences that can be used with the vocabulary words learned from past and present lessons. 

We may add additional areas as needed.

Language Forum
As registered members you can post questions in the forum.  The Samoan Language forum is available for us to use as a community.  You can ask your questions there and perhaps answer someone else’s question.  You can also send questions and feedback to us using the contact button.

We hope you enjoy the course and find it useful!