Work

• Oʻu te sau oʻu te fia fai galuega. I have come to seek work.

• Alu ia ina vele i luma fale. Go and weed in front of the house.

• Aliʻi, ua ʻuma lea galuega. Sir, that work is done.

• Ta mai se avega laʻau. Cut a bundle of sticks.

• Ina puipui aʻi le umu. Shut in the cooking-house with them.

• Valu se popo ma fafaga moa i le page 340 penu. Scrape a cocoa-nut and feed the fowls with the scrapings.

• O ia ina tae otaota. Go and pick up the rubbish.

• Tafi le fale. Sweep the house.

• Tutu mai le lamepa. Light the lamp.

• A uma ona ʻai, fai ia la tatou lotu. When you have finished eating let us have worship.

• Sauni ia o matou moega. Prepare our beds.

• Seʻi tatou alala ma talatala. Let us sit and converse together.