Everything’s bigger in Samoa — even Chair fills in a bit. But Chair doesn’t let any extra heft get in the way of a Chair’s duty to help stomp down the trash to keep it from blowing away.
While trying to figure out how to say “Good job!” in Samoan, I found this rather disturbing progression:
| Do you speak English? |
Ete tautala Igilisi? |
| Do you know someone who speaks English? |
Ete iloa se isi e tautala Igilisi? |
| Do you love me? |
Ete alofa ia a’u? |
| How are you? |
O fa’apefea mai oe? -or- O a mai oe? |
| I’m fine, thank you. |
O Lelei au, fa’afetai. |
| How was your day? |
O fa’apefea mai lou aso? |
| How much is it? |
E fia le tau? |
| I love you. |
Oute alofa ia oe (E alofa a’u ia oe). |
| I’m okay. |
O lea lava o lelei a’u. |
| Is it allowed? |
E fa’ataga? |
| Is swimming allowed? |
E fa’ataga ona au’au? |
| Please, I need some help. |
Fa’amolemole, Oute fia maua se fesoasoani. |
| Please, help. |
Fa’amolemole, fesoasoani mai. |
| Please, don’t hurt me. |
Fa’amolemole, aua le fasi a’u. |
| Where is the church? |
Ofea le fale lotu |
| Where is the Methodist church? |
Ofea le fale lotu Metotisi? |
| Where is the LDS church? |
Ofea le fale lotu Mamona? |
| Where is the Catholic church? |
Ofea le fale lotu Kateliko? |
| Where is the police station? |
Ofea le fale leoleo? |
| Where is the store? |
Ofea le fale oloa? |
| Where is the nearest store? |
Ofea le fale oloa e lata mai? |
| Where is the hospital? |
Ofea le fale ma’i? |
| Who are you? |
What happened to this poor person? I think they went swimming, got a cramp, desperately sought solace in a religion — any religion, please, just tell me where a church is – and then things took… a darker turn.
Found by: Jen
Loveliest comment, by SilvaNoir: Seems like they sought love form a Samoan -the WRONG Samoan, and then was badly hurt. First they almost drown and beg for help… and seems that help came a little too roughly. Then they seek help from a church… the police… maybe try to find some first aid at a store, realize they need a hospital… and finally the Samoan conks them over the head so hard they don’t remember a thing.
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