Ta'iala mo le Gagana Sāmoa - Pasifika Education Community

Fa‘aaogāina o ‘upuStructuresYoung children develop their grammatical skills by using gagana Sāmoa for different purposes andfunctions in a range of contexts. Their first attempts may not be complete or grammatically correct.The following examples indicate some language structures that young children may be using at theearly childhood level.Fa‘aaogāina o vāega o le gaganaFunctionsFa‘aaogāina o ‘upuStructures38StatementsQuestions and answersWords to agree or disagreeCommandsPolite requestsE tolu o‘u tausaga.‘Ua ‘ou ma‘alili.Fia moe.‘O fea ‘ou se‘evae? Fafo.'O le ā le aogā o le ‘ofu māfanafana?E māfanafana ai a‘u.‘Ioe. Lēai.‘Ou te mana‘o ai.Nofo ‘i lalo.Tu i luga.Sau ‘i ‘ī.Alu ‘i ‘ō.Fa‘amolemole.Fa‘afetai.Tulou.Itū‘āiga gagana tautalaKinds of talkChildren may be hearing and responding to the following kinds of talk at this level. This talk will alsoinclude responding to and using formulaic expressions.Itū‘āiga gagana tautalaKinds of talkFa‘ata‘ita‘igaExamplesCultural talkConversationsStorytellingUse of phrases during an activityPraiseNofo ‘i lalo ma ‘ai.Ifo pe‘ā ‘uma ona siva.Child: Fia ‘aumai le polo.Teacher: ‘O fea o i ai le polo?Child: ‘Ua alu i fafo o le pa.Sā va‘ai a‘u i le ēlefane.Tele matou mea‘ai o le Lotu Tamaiti.‘O a‘u lea, ‘o ‘oe lea.Sau tā ō. Alu ‘i ‘ō.Lelei tele le teine/tama lea.