samoan

«samoan» in Mova's school dictionary: from or belonging to Samoa, islands in the Pacific Ocean — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (Samoan); noun (a Samoan, Samoans; Samoan — the language)

meaning for a pupil

1) Samoan means from or belonging to Samoa, islands in the Pacific Ocean. tree →

2) A Samoan is a person from Samoa. tree →

3) Samoan is the language spoken there. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography lessons Samoa is in Polynesia; many Samoans live in New Zealand and Australia, and Samoan is widely spoken in Auckland. Phrases: Samoan language, Samoan culture.

examples

• She speaks Samoan with her grandmother. tree →
• The Samoan rugby team did a war dance. tree →
• Samoan people live on the islands of the Pacific. tree →
• My friend's family is Samoan. tree →
• Many Samoans live in New Zealand. tree →
• «Talofa» means hello in Samoan. tree →

note

Capital S. American Samoa is a separate US territory near Samoa.

In the corpora

• In Auckland, Koa's grandad in Samoa sends voice messages in Samoan; Koa understands half, and his mum translates the rest.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «samoan» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.