Short hello

Hello all –

I know; I know.

I’ve been bad.

 

But summer’s coming up!

See you all then.

I want to do a thorough review on my new book and I will post it here, Amazon and on my coming-soon review blog!

 

Koe kia,

Brian

New book

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I haven’t had much time to use my new Learning Niuean: The Combined Edition book lately; however, I really like it and am happy to start up my studies.

It seems to be fairly organized with conversations, vocabulary and grammar points in each lesson. There is a simple, concise pronunciation guide in the beginning with a preface on the language and its history. I like how there are pictures that show the culture of the island as well.

 

So, I hope that anyone learning Niuean seriously would consider purchasing this book. The only drawback is that I was charged US$37 dollars, when the price was NZ$37, which is about US$21. However, it was worth it.

 

Talk to you soon!

Koe kia,

Brian

New book ordered

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I again apologize for not posting for awhile.

I want to inform everyone about a book that I just purchased:
Learning Niuean: Combined Edition buy Aiao Kolima (sp?) from South Pacific Books, ltd. online store.

I haven’t received yet; however, I await its arrival!
I am disappointed, though, because it was priced at NZ$37.00, which is around US$21.00; so, I thought the currency would be exchanged. However, I was charged US$37.00, which disappoints me. Now I don’t have any money left on my gift card to buy Teach Yourself Norwegian, haha.

I will tell you about it as soon as it comes (if it even comes~!)
I hope it is good as it is the only book that I have found for seriously learning Niuean.

Yours truly,
Brian

Day Eight

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Here is Day Eight for learning Niuean words.
I want to note that I’ll be traveling until next Friday, and therefore won’t be able to post. I apologize; enjoy your Spring holiday!

For greeting people…

Fakaalofa atu	Hello / Hi there / Greetings
Fakaalofa lahi atu ki a koe	Greetings to you (one person)
Fakaalofa lahi atu ki a mua	Hello / Greetings to you both (two persons)
Fakaalofa lahi atu ki a mutolu oti	Greetings to you all (three or more persons)
Fakaalofa hofihofi atu	Precious greetings to you
Fakaalofa age ki a lautolu	Greetings to them

Enjoy!
-Brian

Day Seven

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Here are today’s words…about the kitchen!

Thank you, ‘Vagahau Niue’ website.

Kitchen items
titipi	knife
kapiniu inu	cup
sipunu	spoon
kalase	glass
kapiniu lapalapa	plate
sitou	stove
puha tu toka kai / sefe	cupboard
filisa	fridge

Fondly,
Brian

Day Six

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Wow, 13 days since my last post. I truly apologize for not keeping up with this blog.

 

Today’s words are concerning location.

luga top, above	hanei here
lalo bottom, under, below	hana there
loto inside	uta east side
fafo outside	tua back, far side
vaha loto between, middle	…Enjoy!

Day Five

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I apologize for not adding new words to this site lately.

I plan to soon form some sentences and make some reviews on resources!

 

Here are today’s words…

ulu	head
mata	face
tau pūmata	eyes
teliga	ear
ihu	nose
gutu	mouth

Thanks!

-Brian

Day Four

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Day four! Here are the numbers to study for today.

Nakai / 0	Nil / Zero	0
Taha	One	1
Ua	Two	2
Tolu	Three	3
Fa	Four	4
Lima	Five	5
Ono	Six	6
Fitu	Seven	7
Valu	Eight	8
Hiva	Nine	9
Hogofulu	Ten	10

 

Great!

-Brian

Day Three

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I apologize for not writing yesterday. These words will be for Day Three. I have included seven words, as these tend to be grouped together as “interrogative” words, and should be included in one ‘lesson’.

 

1.  Tau huhu = questions

2.  Ko hai = who

3.  Ko e heigoa = what

4.  Ko fe = where

5.  A fe = when

6.  Ko e ha = why

7.  Ha e fe = which

 

Grammatical points…

1.  Gender is expressed by the addition of “tane” for male and “fifine” for female.

2.  The plural is indicated by a word prefixed to a noun — either “na” or “tau“. The former indicates two or a small number, while the latter indicated unlimited plural.

 

Enjoy!

-Brian

Day Two

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It is the second day of my Niue daily studies.

Here are today’s words and grammar points…

 

1.  Logona - To hear; to sense correctly; to understand

2.  Vagahau - To speak

3.  Totou - To read

4.  Tohi - To write

5.  Niue - Behold the coconut! (also the name of the island itself )

 

Grammar points…

1.  There is one official article: “ko e“, which is used as both the indefinite and definite article (the, a/an). However, an abbreviation of “taha – one”, “ha” is used for the indefinite article (a/an) sometimes..

2.  Proper names take “ko” before them in the nominative case.

3.  With the conjunction, “mo - and”, “ko” is dropped.

 

See, even with grammar you are learning some vocabulary!

As the amount of vocabulary builds, I plan to try to create some sentences for practice as well!

 

Koe kia,

-Brian

 

P.S. — Can you figure out what the title of my blog means?