Hello and Goodbye

In the Fijian language to say hello, you say bula.

To say goodbye you say moce.

Daily Fijian Word

kana

To eat.

Au via kana.

I'm hungry.

Daily Fijian Word

qasi

To crawl

E qasi tiko ko koya.

He is crawling.

Mother and father

Tinaqu

My mother.

Tamaqu

My father.

Numbers: 51 - 60

Fifty one	Lima saga vulu ka dua
Fifty two	Lima saga vulu ka rua
Fifty three	Lima saga vulu ka tolu
Fifty four	Lima saga vulu ka va
Fifty five	Lima saga vulu ka lima
Fifty six	Lima saga vulu ka ono
Fifty seven	Lima a saga vulu ka vitu
Fifty eight	Lima saga vulu ka walu
Fifty nine	Lima saga vulu ka ciwa
Sixty	Ono saga vulu

Daily Fijian Word

qito

To play

E rau qito na gone.

The children (two) are playing.

Young and old

Bula,

To denote age for people in Fijian, as in young and old we use qase and gone:

qase

old


gone

child



E qase ko tamaqu.

My father is old.


E gone ko luvequ.

My child is young.

Here, there, and everywhere!

Here	Oqo
There	Oqori (for something close to the speaker's audience)
There	Oya (for something distant)

Oqo e dua na vale.

This is a house.


Oqori na nomu i sele.

That is your knife.


Oya na nona vale.

That is his house.

Daily Fijian Word

Ika

Fish

Oqo na kequ ika.

This is my fish.

Numbers: 41 - 50

Forty one	Va saga vulu ka dua
Forty two	Va saga vulu ka rua
Forty three	Va saga vulu ka tolu
Forty four	Va saga vulu ka va
Forty five	Va saga vulu ka lima
Forty six	Va saga vulu ka ono
Forty seven	Va a saga vulu ka vitu
Forty eight	Va saga vulu ka walu
Forty nine	Va saga vulu ka ciwa
Fifty	Lima saga vulu

Fijian Dates

Bula!

On the top of the right hand side menu bar, I've added the current date with the month and day in Fijian. Check it out daily to help learn the months and days in Fijian!

Moce,
Chris.

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow

Yesterday	Nanoa
Today	Nikua
Tomorrow	Mataka

Numbers: 31 - 40

Thirty one	Tolu saga vulu ka dua
Thirty two	Tolu saga vulu ka rua
Thirty three	Tolu saga vulu ka tolu
Thirty four	Tolu saga vulu ka va
Thirty five	Tolu saga vulu ka lima
Thirty six	Tolu saga vulu ka ono
Thirty seven	Tolu a saga vulu ka vitu
Thirty eight	Tolu saga vulu ka walu
Thirty nine	Tolu saga vulu ka ciwa
Forty	Va saga vulu

Daily Fijian Word

taubale

To walk.


Au taubale ki na noqu cakacaka.

I walk to my work.

The sun and the moon

Bula vinaka!

I just learned a few interesting Fijian phrases today, dealing with the sun and the moon:

Sa dromu na mata ni siga.

The sun is rising.

Sa cadra na mata ni siga.

The sun is setting.

Sa dromu na vula.

The moon is rising.

Sa cadra na vula.

The moon is setting.


Notice that vula is used to represent both moon and month.

Possessions - Drink

Ni sa bula!

Yesterday (nanoa), we covered possessives when dealing with food. Today (nikua) we will look at possessives and drink:

Oqo na mequ wai.
This is my water.

Oqo na memu wai.
This is your water.

Oqo na mena wai.
This is his water.

When referring to drink, we use "me". To identify a singular owner, we use one of the following:

mequ	mine
memu	yours
mena	his, hers, or its

Possessions - Food

Ni sa bula!

Yesterday (nanoa), we covered possessives when dealing with things. Today (nikua) we will look at possessives and food:

Oqo na kequ kakana.
This is my food.

Oqo na kemu kakana.
This is your food.

Oqo na kena kakana.
This is his food.

When referring to food, we use "ke". To identify a singular owner, we use one of the following:

kequ	mine
kemu	yours
kena	his, hers, or its

Possessions - Things

Ni sa bula!

In the Fijian language there are three broad categories of possession. They are:

1. Things
2. Food
3. Drink

Today, we'll be looking at the first category for things. different suffixes are used depending upon the number of owners. For example:

Oqo na noqu vale.
This is my house.

Oqo na nomu vale.
This is your house.

Oqo na nona vale.
This is her house.

There are three important notes here:

1. When referring to things, we use "no".
2. The owner is identified by what is attached after "no":
3. There is no gender inferred by possessives. So nona may be used for his, her, or its.

To identify a singular owner, we use one of the following:

noqu	mine
nomu	yours
nona	his, hers, or its

Numbers: 21 - 30

Twenty one	Rua saga vulu ka dua
Twenty two	Rua saga vulu ka rua
Twenty three	Rua saga vulu ka tolu
Twenty four	Rua saga vulu ka va
Twenty five	Rua saga vulu ka lima
Twenty six	Rua saga vulu ka ono
Twenty seven	Rua saga vulu ka vitu
Twenty eight	Rua saga vulu ka walu
Twenty nine	Rua saga vulu ka ciwa
Thirty	Tolu saga vulu

Months

January	Janueri
February	Feperuari
March	Maji
April	Epereli
May	Me
June	June
July	Julai
August	Okosita
September	Sepiteba
October	Oktova
November	Noveba
December	Tiseba

Eating and drinking

Au sa via gunu.

I'm thirsty.

Au sa via kana.

I'm hungry.

Au sa via gunu na wai.

I want to drink water.

Au sa via kana na ika.

I want to eat fish.

Au sa vinakata e dua na bilo ni wai.

I want a cup of water.

Au sa vinakata e dua na ika.

I want a fish.

Days

Monday	Moniti
Tuesday	Tusiti
Wednesday	Vukelulu
Thursday	Lotulevu
Friday	Vakaraubuka
Saturday	Vakarauwai
Sunday	Siga Tabu

Numbers: 11 - 20

Eleven	Tini ka dua
Twelve	Tini ka rua
Thirteen	Tini ka tolu
Fourteen	Tini ka va
Fifteen	Tini ka lima
Sixteen	Tini ka ono
Seventeen	Tini ka vitu
Eighteen	Tini ka walu
Nineteen	Tini ka ciwa
Twenty	Rua saga vulu

Ni Sa Bula!

Welcome to my blog!

My name is Chris and I'm endeavouring to learn to speak Fijian.

I've started this blog to disseminate my learning, encourage dialogue in the Fijian language, and to have other Fijian language speakers correct and enhance my learning experience.

I'm not Fijian, but I'm married to a beautiful Fijian lady. We both would like to become fluent in Fijian and ensure our children learn and speak Fijian also. We live in Sydney, Australia and unfortunately there is almost no support here for those who would like to learn Fijian.

I aim to post random snippets of what I learn everyday and I would encourage others (especially native speakers) to add any comments and corrections.

Chris.

Numbers: 1 - 10

One	Dua
Two	Rua
Three	Tolu
Four	Va
Five	Lima
Six	Ono
Seven	Vitu
Eight	Walu
Nine	Ciwa
Ten	Tini