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Gagana Samoa

A Samoan Language Coursebook, Revised Edition
  • Galumalemana Afeleti Hunkin
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2009
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Gagana Samoa is a modern Samoan language resource. Designed for both classroom and personal use, it features a methodical approach suitable for all ages; an emphasis on patterns of speech and communication through practice and examples; 10 practical dialogues covering everyday social situations; an introduction to the wider culture of fa‘asamoa through photographs; more than 150 exercises to reinforce comprehension; a glossary of all Samoan words used in the coursebook; oral skills supplemented with audio files available on a separate CD or for download or streaming on the web:

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Hunkin Galumalemana Afeleti :

Author: Hunkin, Galumalemana Afeleti;
Galumalemana Afeleti Hunkin was born in Fale‘ula, Western Samoa, in 1945. He became the foundation tutor of Samoan language and culture at the Pacific Islanders’ Educational Resource Centre, Auckland, in 1977. Four years later he was appointed director of the Wellington Multicultural Educational Resource Centre. He is now a senior lecturer in Samoan studies at Victoria University.

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    Frontmatter

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    Contents

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    Foreword

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    Acknowledgments

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    Introduction

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    Lesona 1: Pronunciation

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    Lesona 2: Greetings

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    Lesona 3: This, That, These, Those

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    Lesona 4: Articles

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    Lesona 5: Revision

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    Lesona 6: The Negative

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    Lesona 7: Adjectives

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    Lesona 8: Simple Commands

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    Lesona 9: Locating Objects or People

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    Lesona 10: Numbers

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    Lesona 11: Statements—the Word ‘O

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    Lesona 12: Telling the Time

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    Lesona 13: The House

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    Lesona 14: Days of the Week, Months of the Year

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    Lesona 15: Verbs

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    Lesona 16: Verb Tenses

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    Lesona 17: Verb Usage

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    Lesona 18: Negative of the Tenses

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    Lesona 19: Personal Pronouns

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    Lesona 20: Pronoun Usage

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    Lesona 21: Possessive Pronouns

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    Lesona 22: More on Adjectives

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    Lesona 23: Buying and Selling

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    Lesona 24: The Verb ‘To Be’

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    Lesona 25: The Structure ‘To Have’

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    Lesona 26: Word Order in Samoan Sentences

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    Lesona 27: The Relative Particle Ai

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    Lesona 28: Conjunctions

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    Lesona 29: Ten Useful Conversations

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    Lesona 30: Songs, Rhymes, Riddles, Puzzles

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    Lesona 31: Revision

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    Answers

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    Glossary

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    Selected Bibliography

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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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June 9, 2009
eBook ISBN:
9780824862602
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
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208
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50 illus.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824862602
eBook ISBN: 9780824862602
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