For other ways to say “goodbye,” try “tōfā” or “tōfā soifua. " These are a bit more formal than “fā. " If you want to try a time-sensitive greeting, use “Manuia le taeao,” for “Good morning”; “Manuia le afiafi,” for “Good afternoon”; or “Manuia le po,” for “Good night. “[3] X Research source
You could also try “Nice to meet you,” which is “Fiafia ua ta feiloai. “[5] X Research source
For “You’re welcome,” say “Fa’afetai fo’i. "
Related to numbers, if you need to ask how much something costs, say “E fia le tau?”
The long sounds are marked with a line above the vowel, like this: “Ā ā. "
The “g” sound makes an “ng” sound, such as “sing” or “fling. " K, H, and R aren’t used as much as other letters; they mostly show up in words borrowed from other languages. Samoan never uses 2 consonants next to each other in a word. [12] X Research source
For instance, “ma’i” is pronounced “Mah-E. "
Also, sometimes the “L” sounds like an “R. “[15] X Research source
For instance, to say “I dance,” you’d say, “‘Ou te siva,” where “Ou” is “I” and “siva” is “dance. " To say “I’ve danced,” use " ‘Ua ‘ou siva,” where " ‘Ua” is added at the beginning to make this tense. With past tense, put the extra word at the beginning of the sentence. For instance, to say “I danced,” you’d write “Na ‘ou siva. " Similarly, to say “I was dancing,” you’d write “Sā ‘ou siva. " The “Na” and the “Sā” place it in the past tense. For future, add " ‘Ole’ā,” such as " ‘Ole’ā ‘ou siva,” meaning “I will dance. " To make the verb negative, add “lē” before it: “Ou lē siva,” which means “I don’t dance. "
For instance, " ‘o le tagata” is “the man” and " ‘o tagata” is “men. "
For instance, to say a “new, good house,” you’d write " ‘o fale ma le lelei,” where “ma” is new.
For the third person “him” or “her,” use “ia. " “They” is “lā’ua,” and “their” is “latou. "
You can also use flash card apps to do the same thing. Try labeling items in your house with the Samoan words. [21] X Research source
Search online to see if there are any available tutors in your area. If not, you could see if anyone does tutoring online.
You may even be able to find someone who speaks Samoan that wants to learn more English so you can be mutually beneficial to each other.
