Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Daily Fijian Word

qasi

To crawl

E qasi tiko ko koya.

He is crawling.

Monday, July 28, 2008

Mother and father

Tinaqu

My mother.

Tamaqu

My father.

Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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
SixtyOno saga vulu

Friday, July 18, 2008

Daily Fijian Word

qito

To play

E rau qito na gone.

The children (two) are playing.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

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.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Daily Fijian Word

Ika

Fish

Oqo na kequ ika.

This is my fish.