How to count in Samoan (Gagana fa‘a Sāmoa), a Polynesian language spoken mainly in Western Samoa and American Samoa.
If any of the numbers are links, you can hear a recording by clicking on them. If you can provide recordings, please contact me.
| Numeral | Cardinal numbers | Ordinal numbers |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | noa, selo | |
| 1 | tasi | muamua / ulua‘i |
| 2 | lua | lona-lua |
| 3 | tolu | lona-tolu |
| 4 | fa | lona-fa |
| 5 | lima | lona-lima |
| 6 | ono | lona-ono |
| 7 | fitu | lona-fitu |
| 8 | valu | lona-valu |
| 9 | iva | lona-iva |
| 10 | sefulu | lona-sefulu |
| 11 | sefulu-tasi sefulu ma le tasi |
lona-sefulu-tasi |
| 12 | sefulu-lua sefulu ma le lua |
lona-sefulu-tasi |
| 13 | sefulu-tolu sefulu ma le tolu |
lona-sefulu-tolu |
| 14 | sefulu-fa sefulu ma le fa |
lona-sefulu-fa |
| 15 | sefulu-lima sefulu ma le lima |
lona-sefulu-lima |
| 16 | sefulu-ono sefulu ma le ono |
lona-sefulu-ono |
| 17 | sefulu-fitu sefulu ma le fitu |
lona-sefulu-fitu |
| 18 | sefulu-valu sefulu ma le valu |
lona-sefulu-valu |
| 19 | sefulu-iva sefulu ma le iva |
lona-sefulu-iva |
| 20 | lua-sefulu luafulu |
lona-lua-sefulu |
| 21 | lua-sefulu-tasi | |
| 22 | lua-sefulu-lua | |
| 23 | lua-sefulu-tolu | |
| 24 | lua-sefulu-fa | |
| 25 | lua-sefulu-lima | |
| 26 | lua-sefulu-ono | |
| 27 | lua-sefulu-fitu | |
| 28 | lua-sefulu-valu | |
| 29 | lua-sefulu-iva | |
| 30 | tolu-sefulu tolugafulu |
|
| 40 | fa-sefulu fagafulu |
|
| 50 | lima-sefulu limagafulu |
|
| 60 | ono-sefulu onogafulu |
|
| 70 | fitu-sefulu fitugafulu |
|
| 80 | valu-sefulu valugafulu |
|
| 90 | iva-sefulu ivagafulu |
|
| 100 | selau lau |
|
| 200 | lua-selau lua lau |
|
| 300 | tolu-selau tolugalau |
|
| 400 | fa-selau | |
| 500 | lima-selau | |
| 600 | ono-selau | |
| 700 | fitu-selau | |
| 800 | valu-selau | |
| 900 | iva-selau | |
| 1,000 | afe / tasi-afe | |
| 10,000 | sefulu-afe / mano | |
| 100,000 | selau-afe | |
| 1,000,000 | miliona | |
| once | fa‘atasi | |
| twice | fa‘alua |
Hear some Samoan numbers:
Information about counting in Samoan
http://mylanguages.org/samoan_numbers.php
http://learn101.org/samoan_numbers.php
http://samoan.manuatele.net/numbers.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_language
If you would like to make any corrections or additions to this page, or if you can provide recordings, please contact me.
Information about Samoan | Phrases | Numbers | Tower of Babel | Books about Samoan on: Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk [affilate links]
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