✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: Ioe (ee-O-eh)
- 👎 No: Leai (LEH-ah-ee)
- 🙏 Please: Fa’amolemole (fa‑a‑mo‑le‑MO‑le)
- 😊 Thank you: Fa’afetai (fa‑a‑fe‑TAI)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: Sa’o (SA‑oh)
- 😬 Sorry: Fa’amalie (fa‑a‑MA‑lee‑eh)
- 🙋 Excuse me: Fa’amalie (same)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hi / Hello: Talofa (ta‑LO‑fa)
- 👋 Bye: Tofa (TO‑fa)
- 🌞 Good morning: Manuia le taeao (ma‑NU‑ya le ta‑E‑ao)
- 🌙 Good night: Manuia le po (ma‑NU‑ya le PO)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: O le ā lenei? (oh leh AH leh-NEH-ee?)
- 👤 Who?: O ai? (oh AH-ee?)
- 🕒 When?: A ā le taimi? (ah AH leh TAH‑mai?)
- 📍 Where?: I fea? (ee FE‑ah?)
- 🛠️ How?: A fa’apefea? (ah fa‑a‑PE‑fe‑a?)
- 🤔 Why?: Aiseā? (eye‑SEH‑ah?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: Le ou iloa (leh oh‑oo EE‑lo‑ah)
- 😕 I don’t understand: Le ou malamalama (leh oh‑oo ma‑la‑la‑MA‑ma)
- 🔁 Again: Toe (TO‑eh)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: E mafai ona ou…? (eh fa‑MAI ee OH‑nah ow…?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: Manaia (ma‑NAI‑ah)
- 👎 Bad: Leaga (leh‑AH‑gah)
- 😋 Yummy: Suamalie! (soo‑a‑MA‑lee‑eh!)
- 🤢 Yucky: Leaga tele! (leh‑AH‑gah TEH‑leh!)
- 🧸 I like it: Ou te fiafia i ai (ow teh fee‑FEH‑ah ee ai)
- 💔 I don’t like it: Le ou fiafia i ai (leh ow fee‑FEH‑ah ee ai)
- 💧 Water: Vai (VA‑ee)
- 🍝 Food: Mea’ai (meh‑A‑ai)
- 👉 This: Lenei (leh‑NEH-ee)
- 👉 That: Leilei (leh‑EE‑lei)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: O lo’u igoa o… (oh lo‑OO EE‑go‑ah oh…)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: O ai lou igoa? (oh AH-ee lo‑oo EE‑go‑ah?)
- 🙋 I am: O a’u… (oh ow…)
- 👉 You are: O oe… (oh oh‑EH…)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: Oute fiafia (oh‑oo‑te fee‑FEH‑ah)
- 😢 I’m sad: Oute faanoanoa (oh‑oo‑te fa‑ah‑no‑ah‑no‑ah)
- 😴 I’m tired: Oute vaivai (oh‑oo‑te vai‑vai)
- 😡 I’m mad: Oute ita (oh‑oo‑te EE‑ta)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: Ua ou afu (oo‑ah ow AH‑foo)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: Le ou lagona lelei (leh ow la‑GO‑na leh‑LAY)
- 🥰 I love you: Ou te alofa ia te oe (ow teh ah‑LO‑fa ee‑ah teh oh‑EH)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: Ua ou fia ‘ai (oo‑ah ow fee‑Ah AI)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: Ua ou fia inu (oo‑ah ow fee‑Ah EE‑noo)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: Aso nei (AH‑so NEH-ee)
- 📆 Tomorrow: Taeao (ta‑E‑ao)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: Ananafi (ah‑na‑NA‑fee)
- 🌅 Morning: I taeao (ee ta‑E‑ao)
- 🌌 Night: I le po (ee leh PO)
- ⏳ Now: Ua (oo‑ah)
- 🔜 Later: Mulimuli ane (moo‑lee‑MOO‑lee AH‑neh)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: Tauagavale (ta‑oo‑ah‑GA‑vah‑leh)
- 🔙 Left: Tauagafesilifa (ta‑oo‑ah‑gah‑fe‑SEE‑lee‑fa)
- ⬆️ Straight: Sa’o (SA‑oh)
- ⬅️ Front: Luma (LOO‑mah)
- ➡️ Behind: Tua (TOO‑ah)
- ⬆️ Top / above: I luga (ee LOO‑gah)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: I lalo (ee LAH‑loh)
- 🏠 Inside: I totonu (ee TOH‑noo)
- 🌳 Outside: I fafo (ee FAH‑foh)
- 🚪 Entrance / in: Ulufale (oo‑loo‑FAH‑leh)
- 🏃♀️ Exit / out: Tuu’ese (TOO‑oo‑EH‑seh)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: E fia? (eh FEE‑ah?)
- 😮 Too much: Tele tele! (TEH‑leh TEH‑leh!)
- 👌 A little: Se la’ititi (seh lah‑EE‑tee‑tee)
- 1️⃣ One: Tasi (TAH‑see)
- 2️⃣ Two: Lua (LOO‑ah)
- 3️⃣ Three: Tolu (TOH‑loo)
- 4️⃣ Four: Fa (FAH)
- 5️⃣ Five: Lima (LEE‑mah)
- 6️⃣ Six: Ono (OH‑noh)
- 7️⃣ Seven: Fitu (FEE‑too)
- 8️⃣ Eight: Valu (VAH‑loo)
- 9️⃣ Nine: Iva (EE‑vah)
- 🔟 Ten: Sefulu (seh‑FOO‑loo)
- 💯 One hundred: Selau (seh‑LAH‑oo)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: Aua (AH‑oo‑ah)
- 🧩 So…: O le mea lea… (oh leh MEH‑ah LEH‑ah…)
- 👀 If…: Afai… (ah‑FY)
- 🆚 But: Ae… (EH‑eh…)
- 🔄 Or: Pe… (peh…)
- ➕ And: Ma (mah)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: Ou te manaʻomia (ow teh na‑O‑o‑mee‑ah)
- 🙋♀️ I want: Ou te manaʻo (ow teh ma‑NA‑o)
- 🙌 I give: Ou te foa’i (ow teh fo‑AH‑ee)
- 🤝 I help: Ou te fesoasoani (ow teh fe‑a‑LO‑ma‑gee)
- 🙋 I ask: Ou te fai se fesili (ow teh fah-EE seh fe‑SEE‑lee)
- 🗣️ I say: Ou fai mai (ow fah‑EE my)
- 👂 I listen: Ou fa’alogo (ow fa‑a‑LO‑go)
- 👀 I see: Ou va’ai (ow va‑AI)
- 🦶 I go: Ou alu (ow AH‑loo)
- 🍽️ I eat: Ou ‘ai (ow AI)
- 🥤 I drink: Ou inu (ow EE‑noo)
- 🛌 I sleep: Ou moe (ow MO‑eh)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: Fesoasoani! (fe‑a‑so‑AH‑nee!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: Tavā! (TAH‑vah!)
- 🛑 Stop!: Tumau! (TOO‑mow!)
- 👀 Look!: Va’ai! (va‑AI!)
- 🥱 Calm down: Filemu! (fee‑LAY‑moo!)
- 👏 Come here: Sau iinei! (sow ee‑NEH‑eh!)
- ⏳ Wait: Tū i le nofoaga! (TOO ee leh NO‑o‑gah‑ee‑a!)
- 🌟 Good job!: Taulamua! (ta-oo‑la‑MOO‑ah!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: Tatou alu! (ta‑TOH ah‑loo!)