Gagana Samoa Lesona 3a Vocabulary (This, That, These, Those)
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- lenei
- this - close to the speaker
- lea
- this - close to the speaker
- lenā
- that - close to listener
- lele
- that - close to listener
- lelā
- that - away from speaker/listener
- lale
- that - away from speaker/listener
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Singular Demonstratives:
lenei/lea this
lenā/lele that - close to
lelā/lale that - far away -
Plural Demonstratives:
nei/ia these
nā/nā those - close to
lā/lā those - far away - nei
- these
- ia
- these
- nā/nā
- those - close to
- lā/lā
- those - far away
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ā is a question word used as the word "what", for example:
'O le ā? It's a what? (What is it?)
'O le ā lea? It's a what, this? (What is this?) -
Demonstratives can come before or after the noun they qualify, for example:
'O lea mea this thing
'O le mea lea the thing, this