A Grammar and Dictionary of the Samoan Language, with English and Samoan vocabulary
Fishing
Fishing
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Oʻu te alu oʻu to fagota. I shall go a-fishing.
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Se a lou faiva? What is your fishing?
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Oʻu te tili le ʻupega. I throw the net.
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Oʻu te alo atu. I fish for bonito.
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Laga ia le faga ula. Take up the cray-fish trap.
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Ina matau so tuna. Hook an eel.
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Ua o le nuʻu e lepa malie. The people are gone to fish for sharks.
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Funa, o ia outou ina palu ula. Women, go you and fish for prawns.
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Ua taoto le atule i gagaʻe. The herring shoal is away at the east.
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O le a fai le lauloa taeao. Tomorrow the cocoanut-leaf drag will be used.