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Just like in English, some words can take on multiple meanings depending on how they're used. Below are a few key words that youll hear constantly in Fijian Conversation. Listen along with the audio for pronunciation then we'll look at some different sentences these words are used in. Oqo- This, Here, Now Oqorri-That (near listener) also means "Youve got it!," or "Thats it!" Koya- That away from both speaker and listener Ekeri-there (literally on the listener) (press play on above audio for pronunciation help) Example Usage Conversation #1 between two people: Malia and Stu Stu: Hey Malia Have you happened to seen my hat? "E Malia, Oiko Bau raica na noqu i sala?" Malia :That hat there? (said pointing toward a hat across the room) "Ko na sala ga koya?" Stu: No, its a different one "Sega, e dua tani. " Malia: Whos hat is this here? "Ocei na nona sala oqo" (said picking up a hat from behind the couch) Stu: Thats my hat! "Noqu sala Qorri!" Conversation # 2 Marieta calling her husband Jonasa at his office... (phone ringing) (Secretary Answers...) Same----- "hello thank you for calling office s upplys" Marieta Hi, is Jonasa there? Bula, O Jonasa tiko qorri? Secretary Shucks, he just left now! Who might this be? Isa, oKoya sa qai lako sara ga! Ocei beka qo? Marieta This is his wife, Malia. Did he say where hes going? Na Watina oqo, O Marieta. E tukuna beka na vanua e gole kina? Secretary oh hi Marieta! he said he was just going shopping then returning home. Oi Bula Marieta e tukuna sa lei volivoli ga qai lesu tale i vale. Marieta ok, thanks very much Sa donu, Vinaka valevu Secretary Thanks Naka Click Below to hear audio (Ps, these are not direct translations. "Moce toka" doesn't simply mean "Goodnight") these Fijian translations are without native speaker input and very may well be incomplete. If you are a Native speaker and you can think of a better way of saying these things in Fijian please share in the comment section below. Vinaka! Great Job! you finished this lesson! Click here to read Part two of this assigment
10 Comments
Kevau Siosi
7/24/2013 12:36:42 am
Shey
9/18/2013 09:41:29 am
This is very helpful, married to a Fijian. Find it hard to learn from him as I'm a visual learner so this is great! Thanks
Olivia penrod
6/17/2015 03:36:42 pm
This really helped me! Go to Vanuatu levy for a month every year and live there! Some kids were trying to teach me didn't turn out good! Vinaka
shaira jean sapon
6/23/2015 12:53:51 am
pls. help me to learn that laguage 11/12/2015 11:47:06 pm
Wow this is such a great blog to helping me a lot. These are simple articles of english but we always have problem in it.
Anneli Sinkko
1/23/2016 06:27:51 pm
Bula, this is wonderful - I want to learn Fijian - thanks. 3/15/2016 10:05:02 am
When you do it for the first time, it can seem rather odd. This technique takes much more time than a usual check, but it works great. You pay attention to the details you didn’t notice at first. It’s a nice fresh look.
David Fa'uhiva
9/25/2016 05:51:52 pm
I'm a Tongan who happened to fall inlove with Fijian pronunciation as much as I really love to learn to speak and write it fluently without going to study linguistic in Uni.....this is lovely ! 1/6/2017 05:27:19 pm
I think in the pronunciation of the fijian language you need to slow down a bit lol....just so people can keep up Leave a Reply. |
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