What is the theme for Samoan language Week 2021?
Poupou le lotoifale
This year’s theme for Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa – Samoa Language Week 2021 was Poupou le lotoifale. Ola manuia le anofale which means strengthen the posts of your house, for all to thrive.
What is Samoan language Week?
Samoa Language Week – Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa celebrates the third most spoken language in New Zealand. In 2021, it runs from Sunday 30 May to Saturday 5 June. According to the 2018 Census, 182,721 people of Samoan heritage live in New Zealand and 8,238 people of Samoan heritage reside in Christchurch.
Is it Samoan language Week this week?
Samoa Language Week will be celebrated this year from Sunday, 30 May 2021 until Saturday, 5th June 2021. The event aims to raise awareness of the Samoan language, celebrate Samoan culture in New Zealand and around the world, and promote the use of Samoan language in schools, at work and at home.
What does Vaiaso o le Gagana Samoa mean?
Sāmoa language week / Vaiaso o le Gagana Sāmoa Ola manuia le anofale” which means strengthen the posts of your house, for all to thrive.
What does Talofa mean in English?
life, live long
Talofa is a salutation or greeting in the Samoan language of the Samoan Islands. Another Samoan salutation To life, live long! properly translated Ia ola! also echoes in places such as Aotearoa (New Zealand), where the formal greeting in Māori is Kia ora and in Tahiti (French Polynesia) where it is ‘Ia orana.
What is Talofa lava?
Talofa lava. » Hello (polite).
What language do they speak in Samoa?
Samoan
English
Samoa/Official languages
What is the Samoan alphabet?
The core Samoan alphabet is comprised of just 14 letters: • the consonants F, G, L, M, N, P, S, T and V; and • the vowels A, E, I, O and U. The letters K, H and R are also used, but usually for foreign loanwords and/or for colloquial language. Vowels can be long or short. Long vowels are marked with a macron (e.g. ā).
What week is Maori Language Week?
When is Māori Language Week? In 2021 Māori Language Week is to be held 13 September to 19 September (13-19 Mahuru). Māori Language Week is celebrated annually in September starting on a Monday and ending on the following Sunday.
How do you greet in Samoan?
The typical greeting among friends and family is a hug and kiss on the cheek. When greeting friends and family, usually one would use their first name followed by “Talofa” (“Hello”).
What is Malo Samoan?
This is a colloquial greeting. While ‘talofa’ is ‘hello’, ‘malo’ is ‘hi’ or ‘g’day’. The response to this is ‘malo lava’. Some more Samoan ‘M-words’ below…
What is Faafetai lava?
Thank you. Fa’afetai tele lava. » Thank you very much.
What does matai mean in Samoan language?
Matai: A Complicated System of Chiefs. Matai is the Samoan word for leader, or chief, or even (in the poetic sense) father.
What does the theme of Samoan Language Week mean?
To better reach a mutual understanding in a family, there must be an emphasis on Samoan Language, to provide compassion and empathy – which in turn brings about open communication, interdependence and mutual reliance.
What is the system of Chiefs in Samoa?
Matai: A Complicated System of Chiefs. Matai is the Samoan word for leader, or chief, or even (in the poetic sense) father. Samoan society is organized by family, and each family has its own matai titles, which are connected to certain districts, villages and plots of family land.
How did the people of Samoa get their titles?
Over time, areas of Samoa separated into districts and villages, and leaders of these divisions were honored with their own matai titles, many of which were named after significant events in history, or to acknowledge a service rendered, or to pass on a morsel of Samoan wisdom.