How to count in Samoan (Gagana fa‘a Sāmoa), a Polynesian language spoken mainly in Western Samoa and American Samoa.
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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 | Learning materials
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