Samoan Street 3

[MsGypsyTea]

Fa'afetai!!!! (:

[TheKC415]

I THINK YOU DID A GOOD JOB...



[samoasian]

you're good :)

[09samoanprincess]

e wrong way :) i ws js sayin ! buh madd props for tryin .

[09samoanprincess]

palagi doesnt mean foreigner :) they would usually say tagata sau mai fafo . which means people from off the island . palagi usually being used for white people . cuhs say a african or other race were to be in samoa . they wouldnt be refferred to as palagis . buh tagata sau mai fafo . js cuhs yhuve never heard of iht . doesnt mean were wrong . yhu asked for help so there iht is . yhu were only there two years some of us were raised there . im nt tryin to be harsh & hopefully yhu dnt take iht th

[ActorDavidChen]

Im half Samoan born and raised in nj. Im trying to learn samoan. help fa'amolemole

[psilentzeo]

@ActorDavidChen Wish I could - but it's been a long time since I've spoken Samoan consistently. I can probably still understand a bit of the language, but I can't really speak it well enough to teach someone.

[nEsAh25MiLfOrd]

tamaitiiti is singular tamaiti is plural so if you wanna say chlidren then its tamaiti

[nEsAh25MiLfOrd]

afio mai mean come inside or please may your way inside.

[nEsAh25MiLfOrd]

palagi is translation for white people because when the "palagis" first came to samoa on their ships the samoans first saw the papa the sail of the boat that reached th lagi the sky soo they called the white people "papalagi" thats plural for "palagi"

[MaRyMMK09]

"Palagi" is not used to referred to all foreigners. The appropriate word to use for ANYONE from overseas would be "Tagata mai fafo".

[psilentzeo]

@MaRyMMK09 In real life use, Palagi is used to refer to all foreigners. It may be appropriate to use "Tagata mai fafo" but I never heard that in my 2 years in Samoa.

[MaRyMMK09]

@psilentzeo ... In real life, as a Samoan, and in all my life . . . "palagi" is the literal translation of European. Please dont correct me about my own and first language. Using "palagi" to refer to foreigners would not be appropriate for a tourist say from China, India, or Africa. No offense is intended just merely helping out. :)

[psilentzeo]

@MaRyMMK09 Sorry to correct you, but like I said - while I was in Samoa, a foreigner was always said to be a palagi. I can only state what I lived through and I never heard your phrase used to refer to someone that was non-Samoan.

[psilentzeo]

@MaRyMMK09 I must correct you because in my 2 years of being in Samoa, living around Samoans - I never heard your phrase used to refer to a foreigner. I only heard 'Palagi' used - whether it's the correct use or not is debatable but that's what actual Samoans said to me. And that's what I translate to the world.

[nexxt87]

@psilentzeo .. Oh well, believe what you like. I am Samoan. So your the one out of the two of us that looks like an idiot, trying to tell a SAMOAN how to speak their own language. You can not compare you mere two years of living with Samoans to the 20 years that I have lived with Samoans as a Samoan.

[psilentzeo]

@nexxt87 So basically you're saying that all Samoans speak exactly as you? You want to teach the Samoan language properly, why not make a video yourself instead of trying to debate my actual experience with your supposed experience? Make a video and link to it here, then we can compare apples to apples. What you are saying is the equivalent of saying Goodbye is Tofa, but everyone just says fa.I just use the language actually spoken, not the 'proper' language that you believe Samoans use.

[nexxt87]

@psilentzeo 'Supposed experience'. Gotta love the arrogance. Why would I make a video? I tutor Samoan language at the University of Auckland. And, had you actually spent adequate time in Samoa you would be able to contextualise the use of the colloquial and formal language in Samoa, as both are widely used by people depending on the day to day events and the people they meet. Are you even Samoan? lol bloody plastics...

[psilentzeo]

@nexxt87 Yes, supposed experience. Anyone can get on the internet and say they're good at something or criticize another person. You want to correct me, like I said before, create a video and link to mine. That way people can hear the correct way to speak. If you tutor Samoan language at University then tape one of your sessions and post it...easy. Perhaps you missed the point of this series, it's not to teach the Samoan language, just specific parts of it.

[psilentzeo]

@nexxt87 This isn't an indepth lesson on the Samoan language. If you want to provide that (instead of just criticizing) by all means, please do - I welcome it. But sitting on your high horse and demeaning my efforts will get you no where and does nothing to teach others how to properly speak the Samoan language. Over 2000 people have viewed this video, so someone would be interested if you made a video speaking correctly. I'm not Samoan, never claimed to be.

[samoanafa]

Hi, I have been watching your Samoan Street videos various times and I, personally, have found them quite helpful. I am a samoan teenager but I have never had the pleasure of learning Samoan since moving to state side ten years ago(parents have been busy with work). Anyways, I'd like to say thank you, even though it might sound wrong. Samoans should be happy theres a video such as yours up here.

[UOBlue86]

My mom and I speak samoan but my youngest brother doesn't. These videos would be great for him! Fa'afetai lava!

[emanresu808]

toasamoa23

eh mapugi ia lou guku.. kua le mafafau kele oe..

so disrespectful to a guest of samoa.. would you treat a guest like that? le a'oia

you're a sad example of a samoan

[fob2020]

Who ever is doing this samoan street vid your doing a great job!! Don't worry about the negative response from other people. You would put my samoan to shame!! I suck at it, my pronounication is shocking!! Both my parents speak the lingo, but us kids never picked it up..we can eat like samoans, sing samoan and understand some of it...you make me proud that someone with an american accent speaks it well..keep up the great work. Your vid reminds me of seasame street, add in some island music..hehe

[teinemanuula]

Ok I just saw the end of the video the letter U is not pronounced as uh LOL it is pronounced oo like in you without the y.

[teinemanuula]

Palagi doesn't mean foreigner it's white people LoL. Maybe we can work together because I don't want people to get off case with this LoL.

[wutevababy]

Wow ToaSamoa, rudeness or what. Anyhoosers, you done a good job. But yeah meauli reallydoesn't mean black thing. But yeah I don't see many people taking time to teach others a language not of their native tongue so props. Bless

[ToaSamoa23]

Palagi= white people

Meauli= Black People

Palagi doesn't mean foreigner sorry they probably didn't want to tell you that since from the sound of your voice your a palagi. Tofa Soifua

[psilentzeo]

Actually, I'm African American (or Meauli, which translates into 'Black Thing' so I didn't like/use that term).

[ToaSamoa23]

No your not from AFRICA and you are a Black Thing. MEAULI so shut your ol sensitive ass up stop playing the black card because unlike white people samoans really don't give a fucc about thE BLACK CARD. so take your cornbread, watermelon, ashy ass meauli ass somewhere. and again YOUR NOT AFRICAN YOUR BLACK YOUR NOT FROM AFRICA

[psilentzeo]

Wow, my heritage is African and I am an American - thus African American. If you are Samoan, you are quite rude.

[afonoville]

Talofa psilentzeo,

Don't mind the rudeness of an uneducated so-called Samoan above. Obviously, he is not Samoan by the way he speaks. I'm pretty sure you had seen the way of life in Samoa and you understand the way Samoans are. I myself is an old boy of Chanel College and very proud of it. Thank you for volunteering to teach at Chanel College. Soifua!

[psilentzeo]

No worries, afonoville. It was a great honor to volunteer at Chanel College and I try to keep up with the goings on of the College. Glad I was able to share a bit of the school with you. :)

[Polychick3]

Words with the letter P we say it like the the letter B.

[SamoanSweety]

Where is Samoan Street 4 or more? Make more please? FA'amolemole?

[psilentzeo]

There is a Samoan street 4, but my hard drive crashed before I was able to upload it. Hopefully one day I will recover it.

Unfortunately, since I'm no longer in Samoa - I can't make anymore. :(

[kolojo81]

you got the vowel "u" pronounced incorrectly, it goes like the "oo" in goose... but nice clip overall for those not familiar with our language.

soifua ia

[2000coco]

true! to keep a language alive one has to hear and speak it often..

[psilentzeo]

I remember a little bit, but of course since I don't speak it alot now or hear it alot, over time the language will fade a little bit.

[2000coco]

cool video! Good start to learning basic Samoan.

So how much Samoan do you still remember these days? hah

[loaugust]

Water in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Brunei is air.

[psilentzeo]

ummm...I'm not Samoan, I'm an American. I was a Peace Corps volunteer in Samoa.

[imani21]

did anyone tell you, You have the most sexiest samoan voice.. hehehe.. just thought i'd let you know.. but that's for the lesons..