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ALPHABET
| Letter | compare letter in English |
| A | again |
| E | egg |
| I | ill |
| O | old |
| U | sounds like o'o in too |
| F | fall |
| G | sounds like 'ng' as in sing |
| L | look |
| M | man |
| N | none |
| P | people |
| S | sun |
| T | top |
| V | vision |
| H | hotel |
| K | kind |
| R | room |
Guide
| Eng | Words that were derived from non-Samoan language (English, Spanish, etc.) |
| Ltr | literal translation. |
| Pre | Prefix |
| Pl | Plural |
| v | verb |
| n | noun |
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WORDS BORROWED FROM ENGLISH
These are few words that are derived from English and other non-Samoan words. The list is quite extensive and growing. It's something that concerns many traditionalists. The exact English words are used in some cases, but I've noticed that attempts are made to Samoanized foreign words as much as possible.
| atomic | atomika |
| box | pusa |
| busy | pisi |
| butter | pata |
| cabbage | kapisi |
| carrot | kaloki |
| cement | sima |
| cheese | sisi |
| cigarette | sikareti |
| college | kolisi |
| company | kamupani |
| cook | kuka |
| electricity | eletise |
| governor | kovana |
| knife | nefi |
| lawn mower | moa |
| lettuce | latisi |
| liter | lita |
| meter | mita |
| muscle | maso |
| music | musika |
| newspaper | nusipepa |
| paper | pepa |
| park | paka |
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| peanut | pinati |
| cow | povi |
| radio | letio |
| rocket | loketi |
| rubish | lapisi |
| shutup | salapu |
| spoon | sipunu |
| telephone | telefoni |
| television | televise |
| wine | uaina |
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