Title:
Gagana Sāmoa : a Samoan language coursebook / Galumalemana Afeleti Hunkin.
Author:
Hunkin, Galumalemana Afeleti L.
Publication Information:
Honolulu : University of Hawaiiʻ Press, ©2009.
Call Number:
PL6501 .H86 2009
Abstract:
Complete Samoan language course with emphasis on patterns of speech through practice and examples. Suitable for self-study, and for developing reading and writing skills, building vocabulary, and gaining cultural insights.
Edition:
Revised edition.
ISBN:
9780824831318
Physical Description:
xiii, 179 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
General Note:
"Designed for both classroom and personal use"--Back cover.
Supplemented by optional CD.
New Zealand author.
Previous edition: 1992.
Contents:
Pronunciation -- Greetings -- This, That, These, Those -- Articles -- Revision -- The Negative -- Adjectives -- Simple Commands -- Locating Objects or People -- Numbers -- Statements -- the Word 'O -- Telling the Time -- The House -- Days of the Week, Months of the Year -- Verbs -- Verb Tenses -- Verb Usage -- Negative of the Tenses -- Personal Pronouns -- Pronoun Usage -- Possessive Pronouns -- More on Adjectives -- Buying and Selling -- The Verb 'To Be' -- The Structure 'To Have' -- Word Order in Samoan Sentences -- The Relative Particle Ai -- Conjunctions -- Ten Useful Conversations -- Songs, Rhymes, Riddles, Puzzles -- Revision.
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