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Rotuman words for days and months

Rotuman Words for Days and Months

Learning Rotuman words for days of the week and months of the year allows you to grow your Rotuman vocabulary, and gives you increased confidence when learning the Rotuman language.

At Pacific Learners, we have a dedicated Rotuman Language Resource page that provides you common Rotuman words, common Rotuman phrases, Rotuman Numbers and more. The Resource page is great for schools, families and individuals who are looking to build a foundation in learning the Rotuman Language.

Using Rotuman words in everyday conversations is great for learning a langugae, for example, instead of saying ‘Christmas is in December’ you could say ‘Christmas is in Tisempa’ or instead of saying ‘I play sports on Saturday’ you could say ‘I play sports on A’ita’.

4 Rotuman language videos you will find useful:

Common Rotuman Words – Learn 20 commonly used Rotuman words
Common Rotuman Phrases Part 1 – Learn 10 common Rotuman phrases that you can use everyday
Common Rotuman Phrases Part 2 – Learn 10 more common Rotuman phrases that you can use in everyday conversation
Counting to 10 in Rotuman – Increase your Rotuman vocabulary by learning to count to 10 in Rotuman

May 10, 2022

Counting to ten in Rotuman

Counting to Ten in Rotuman

Learning to count to 10 in the Rotuman language is a great way to start incorporating basic Rotuman words into your everyday conversations.

As your confidence grows in speaking basic Rotuman words, you can start using common Rotuman Phrases, like ‘how much is this?, or I love you !

At Pacific Learners, we have a dedicated Rotuman Language Resource Page that will help you with your language journey. You will be able to learn common Rotuman words, phrases, days of the week and more.

Use these Rotuman Language Videos to help you on your Rotuman Language Journey:

Common Rotuman Words – 20 Common words that you can use everyday
Common Rotuman Phrases Part 1– 10 Common Rotuman Phrases that you can use in everyday conversation
Common Rotuman Phrases Part 2 – A continuation of Part 1, 10 more Common Rotuman Phrases

Here are numbers 1-10 in Rotuman

One – Tā
Two – Rua/Ruḁ
Three – Rua/Ruḁ
Four – Häke/Häk
Five – Lima/Liḁm
Six – Ono/On
Seven – Hifu/Hif
Eight – Vḁlu/Vḁl
Nine – Siva/Siḁv
Ten – Saghulu/Saghul

May 9, 2022

Common Rotuman Phrases Part Two

Learning Common Rotuman Phrases allows you to become familiar with the Rotuman language and how it is pronounced. In Part 2 of our “Common Rotuman Phrases’ video series, we bring 10 more phrases that you can use everyday!

Incorporate phrases like ‘Terån leleit’ which means ‘have a nice day’ or ‘‘Oaf pḁu pō la hḁipōag ma ‘äe’ which means ‘pleased to meet you’ into your everyday conversations.

At Pacific Learners, we are pleased to release the Rotuman Language Resource Page, this allows you to keep up the learning with more Rotuman Language videos and images. With only 15,000 Rotuman Language speakers in the world, take the time to build upon common words to incorporating common phrases.

5 Common Rotuman Phrases you will learn – Part Two

1. Please to meet you, in Rotuman

‘Oaf pḁu pō la hḁipōag ma ‘äe

2. It’s time for bed ! , in Rotuman

Av la mose

3. Thankyou !, in Rotuman

Fḁiåkse‘ea

4. How much is this ?, in Rotuman

Ka hisi tӧg ne tē te‘is?

5. I speak a little Rotuman, in Rotuman

Gou pō la fäeag Rotuḁm mea‘mea‘

For more Rotuman Language videos check out the links below:

Common Rotuman Words – Learn 20 commonly used Rotuman words like ‘Please, Hungry, Yes, No’ and many more
Common Rotuman Phrases Part 1 – Learn 20 commonly used Rotuman Phrase like, ‘How are you ?, What is your name ? and many more

May 8, 2022

Common Rotuman Phrases Part One

Practicing common Rotuman phrases is a great way to learn the Rotuman Language. So in this video, we have 10 phrases that you can practice everyday.

At Pacific Learners, we are passionate about revitalising Pacific Language, so we have a dedicated Rotuman Language Resource page which contains images and videos that help you on the journey to learning the Rotuman language.

In this video, you can learn phrases like ‘How are you?’ or ‘I am good thank you’. These phrases form part of everyday conversations, so by incorporating them into your discussions you build confidence, as well as become the envy of your friends and family.

5 simple Rotuman Phrases you will learn – among others.

1. How are you ? in Rotuman

Ka ‘äe taptapen?

2. I’m good thankyou ! in Rotuman

Gou lelei fḁiåkse‘ea

3. Come and eat ? in Rotuman

Leum la ‘ātē

4. What is your name ? in Rotuman

Ka sei ta ‘ou asa?

5. My name is Tevita ! in Rotuman

‘Otou asa le Tevita

May 7, 2022

Common Rotuman Words

Improve your Rotuman language knowledge by learning 20 common Rotuman words that you can use everyday!

Noa’ia and warm Pacific Greetings. At Pacific Learners, we are passionate about revitalising and promoting Pacific Language, so in this video, we have provided 20 common Rotuman words that you can use in everyday conversations. Once you are confident in learning the 20 words, why dont you start leanring common Rotuman phrases.

So instead of saying ‘Yes’ say ”O’, or instead of saying ‘Please’ say ‘Figalelei’. The Rotuman language can be difficult to pronounce, so watch this video over and over until you master the sounds.

Keep scrolling down to see a full list of all the 20 common words that we have used in this video.

20 Common Rotuman Words

‘O – Yes
‘Igkå‘ – No
Figalelei – Please
Pӧg leleit – Goodnight
Mijarån leleit – Good morning
Noa‘ia – Hello
‘Ātē – Eat
Mose/Mӧs – Sleep
Leu-mea/Leum – Come
La‘a/La‘ – Go
Våh‘ia/Våh – Finish
‘Imo/‘Iom – Drink
Soge/Sӧg – Hungry
Fu‘uou (ref to one person) – Goodbye
Päe – Sit
Fū – Stand
Takaga/Takag – Bed
Joni/Jӧn – Run
Seke/Sek – Walk
Hanisi/Hanis – Love

April 25, 2022

Kiribati words for colours and shapes

Learning the Kiribati Language can be fun and exciting. In this video, you can learn 10 Kiribati words for colours and 10 Kiribati words for shapes.

Incorporating these words into your everyday conversations is a great way to learn the Kiribati Language, for example, instead of saying ‘the sky is blue’, say ‘the sky is buruu’, or instead of saying ‘the grass is green’, you can say, ‘the grass is kiriin’.

At Pacific Learners, we are passionate about revitalsing Pacific Language, so we have put together a Kiribati Language Resource page. This is where you can access all our Kiribati content in one place.

Here are 3 Kiribati Language videos you will find useful:

Common Kiribati Words: Use this video to learn basic Kiribati Words you can use everyday
Common Kiribati Phrases: Take your Kiribati language journey to the next level and use this video to learn over 15 common Kiribati phrases
Kiribati days and months: Impress your friends by incorporating Kiribati words for days and months into your everyday conversations

10 Kiribati words for colours

Yellow – baabobo
Purple – beboo
Blue – buruu
Green – kiriin
Orange – aoranti
Pink – bingke
Black – roroo
Brown – buraun
White – mainaina
Red – uraura

10 Kiribati words for shapes

Circle- mronron
Oval- Wai miron
Square- baoki
Triangle- turaaiaengko
Rectangle- urekitaengko
Star- itoi
Diamond- taiman
Cube – kiubiki
Cross- kaibangaki
Heart- aati

April 23, 2022

Kiribati words for days and months

Improve your Kiribati language knowledge by learning Kiribati words for days of the week, and Kiribati words for months of the year.

Mauri, and warm Pacific greetings. At Pacific Learners we are passionate about promoting Pacific Language, so we have expanded on common words and phrases to include numbers, letters, days of the week and months of the year. So instead of saying I was born in January, you can say I was born in Tianauare, or instead of saying, I am playing rugby on Saturday, you can say, I am playing rugby on Kaonobong.

The Kiribati language can be a difficult language to learn, so here at Pacific Learners we have a dedicated Kiribati language resource page so you can learn about Kiribati customs and cultures, enjoys Kiribati songs and learn the beautiful Kiribati language.

Here are 3 Kiribati language videos you will find useful

Common Kiribati Words, here you can learn common words that you can use every day such as ‘Yes’ , ‘No’, ‘Sorry’, ‘Excuse me’ and many more
Common Kiribati Phrases, in this video you can learn phrases like ‘how are you?’, ‘Where are you from ?, and many more..
My favourite Kiribati song, in this video Teita sings a beautiful Kiribati song to here class

Learn days of the week in Kiribati

Monday – Moanibong
Tuesday – Kauabong
Wednesday – Katenibong
Thursday – Kaabong
Friday – Kanimabong
Saturday – Kaonobong
Sunday – Taabati

Learn the names of Months in Kiribati

January – Tianuare
February – Beberuare
March – Maati
April – Eberi
May – Mei
June – Tun
July – Turai
August – Aokati
September – tebetembwa
October – Okitonwa
November – Nobembwa
December – Ritembwa

April 19, 2022

Samoan words for shapes and colours

In this Samoan language video, you will be able to translate ten different colours and ten different shapes from English into the beautiful Samoan language.

Gain an appreciation for the Samoan culture and try to incorporate Samoan vocabulary into your everyday conversations, so instead of saying ‘the grass is green’ say ‘the grass is lanu meamata’ , or instead of saying ‘Jesus died on the cross’ say ‘Jesus died on the satauro’.

This is a great beginners resource for those wanting to learn this beautiful language.

For more videos and images like this, we have put together a dedicated page of Samoan language resources ,this page is a great tool for schools and communities wanting to celebrate Samoan Language week.

Here are 3 Samoan Language videos you will find useful:

Common Samoan Words – A great video for learning commonly used Samoan words
Common Samoan Phrases – Increase your Samoan vocabulary by learning commonly used Samoan phrases
Building culture through Identity – Little Talia sings a song that she sings at Church

Shapes in Samoan Language

Colours in Samoan Language

Learn Samoan Words for Colours

Yellow – lanu samasama
Purple – lanu violē
Blue – lanu moana
Green – lanu meamata
Orange – lanu moli
Pink – lanu pinike
Black – lanu uliuli
Brown – lanu enaena
White – lanu pa’epa’e
Red – lanu mūmū

Learn Samoan Words for Shapes

Circle- li’o
Hexagon- tafaono
Square- fa’atafafa
Triangle- tafa tolu
Rectangle- fa’atafafa le tutusa
Star- fetu
Diamond- taimane
Octagon – Tafavalu
Cross- satauro
Pentagon- tafalima

April 18, 2022

STEAM learning – How rockets work

STEAM Learning-
How rockets work

Having a basic understanding of how rockets work allows you to dream what is possible. Aerospace engineering utilises all the subjects of STEAM education which includes, science, technology, engineering, the arts and mathematics, all play a major role in making what was impossible, now possible.

At Pacific Learners we promote STEAM learning, and have a dedicated STEAM Resource page which brings together all our STEAM content in one place.

This video gives you a very basic understanding of how a rocket works, and how it can blast off into space.

The Aerospace industry is an exciting and rewarding space to work in, and covers areas like spacecraft, military airplanes, launch vehicles, satellites and rockets, only to name a few. The global Aerospace industry is valued in excess of $298 billion, the market is expected to grow to $430.9 billion by 2025.

So what kind of jobs could you apply for within the Aerospace industry?

5 cool jobs within the Aerospace Industry

Military Aerospace Engineer – Keeping the military up to date and relevant by developing new technologies
Mechanical Engineer – Design, research and build parts for planes, missiles, spacecraft and more
Mission and Payload Specialists – Mission specialists carry out critical work on a space stations, carry out experiments and collect data
Radar Systems Engineer – Develop systems to detect and target objects and potential threats
Aircraft / Spacecraft Designer – Developing and designing aircraft for commercial travel as well as space flights

April 3, 2022

What sounds letters make

In this classroom session, Mrs Ioane takes the children though an exercise on phonics, what sounds letters make. Sounding out letters helps children pronounce words, and gives them the building blocks for their early learning.

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