TAGATA PASIFIKA: The survival of the Samoan language in NZ -- Are we becoming complacent?
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- čas přidán 27. 07. 2024
- It's one of the strongest Pacific languages in NZ and the second most widely spoken language in Auckland, but are Samoan's being complacent when it comes to their language.
I am an Arabic speaker..I do believe that all languages and cultures should be preserved and respected. I salute your attempt at keeping your language alive.
I'm Samoan. I been around the world for quite a while now, I been living in New Zealand for 6 years, then I move to Hawaii for 1 years, and then UK I been in 4 months, then I move in to Japan, I even go to school there in Japan, and I end up KEIO University ECONOMICS, in Japan, so in my one and half years in Japan and studying at two different University, so after all that I never lost my Samoan language, and I am proud to say you guys did a pretty good job.
holy heck. Well done.
"Showing off is fool's idea of glory"
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Aw thats awesome! I wish we had something like this in Australia. We need to keep our samoan tongue alive.
Than just live in samoa, whats so good about moving to an australian city lol
I was born and raised in Brisbane, Australia. Living here provides a plethora of opportunity both New Zealand & Samoa don't provide.
+Tessa Lala oooya awola
TokeE420 fuk up u piece of shit lol
Its' a shame they don't Tessa, Lived in Australia - they can't even represent their Indigenous culture - sad.
I'd love to perfect my samoan language I don't ever want to lose or forget about it.
Yes we have become complacent. I’m half Hawaiian half Samoan an it’s like we become to comfortable with english language. We have to keep our culture an our language. It’s very important. Manu ia Le aso. Fa’afetai
I love listening to the Samoans speak their language. Their language sounds so graceful. Wish there was teachers to teach my Rotuman language.
It would be pretty hard to learn Rotuman because there are so few speakers and ressources
I think samoan language should be taught at home by speaking samoan to the kids and learn english in school.
showtyme showtyme still doesn't compete as your spending most time away than home. It's quite logical
Awesome job...keep it up...our Samoan language is our tofi mai le Atua. Keep it alive....hats off to you Samoan teachers in NZ.
Love it love our culture and our people. 💓💓
Sala Wilson, Novena Pio, Vau Peseta,...my kind of heroes! Malo lava i tou susuga ma a outou galuega lelei uma e faataua ai le tatou gagana Samoa😍🌺💛😊
I’m trying to figure out the obsession of many tongan commenters here talking down a video clip about the promotion of Samoan language for the Samoan generation born and living abroad.
Love this!
Samoan literature is needed to help the progression of the language into the future by having Novels, text books, websites translated from English to Samoan. This where the government funding could help tremendously.
😳 OMG! Mr Tapu, my old Samoan Teacher at McAuley High school ❤️
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Vanessa Seau that's cool
Aww ayeee😂
Lol my cousin's went to that school in otahuhu ( lived in Sth Auckland 1983-87) eg: Eleanor Brown & Tanya Wong they live here in the U.S. ( Long Beach , Ca) . Malo .
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Fa'afealoaiga mai i Honolulu , Hi , Usa 🇺🇸
Soo true. Awesome stuff
Wish we had it here in The U.S
LakeSide87 ! Best way is to attend a Samoan church that offers Sunday school classes as well as a'oga Samoa classes.
Yeah i wish that too, its an awesome language❤
Na te : what y'all talking about we have samoan language schools in Honolulu , Hi 808 for yrs dawg ! . Malo
The most profound statement for all Polynesian parents to hear in the States 3:34...... Too many parents from the islands come to the U.S. not allowing their kids to maintain or uphold their language, even while the parents speak heavy broken english. It makes me wonder if the 'parents of old' thought in order to obtain a higher life style they had to forsake their culture, this notion is extremely atrocious
ayy Mangere college i was born in Mangere my siblings went to Mangere college but my brother went to De La Salle why can't Australia do this i wish they had classes for learning Samoan now i want to go back to NZ to learn my language and to go and see my family there most of my family lives in NZ.
The deter of the Samoan language amongst many Australian or New Zealand born Samoan children are already on the verge of not knowing how to speak. And it will only get worse as many of the generations continue to be born outside of Samoa. As much as I love the efforts to try and preserve the language, it is no way near the level
Of which the English language is used and learnt. Which ever language is used at your country of residence is the language you will be fluent in. It's that simple. So if you live in sa for the next 2 or 5 years, you would come back fluent. Because you are exposed to that language all the time.
very true there's already 5 generations of nz born/samoan kids. I just think they need to maintain the culture ways in the islands because even they are losing their customs over there.
It’s true very important our language to translate everything in the world
Ese lou mimita I lau gagana. Oute palagi but never forget about my own culture.
We must teach and learn our native tongue. Roots
5:43 this so sooooo true
this is awesome !!!!!!!
Maybe the government should copy the mormon structure of learning languages?. There are a lot of white missionaries out these especially in the states that speak hella good fluent samoan and it only took them less than 3 years to learn.
Samoans, Fijians, and Togans as well as Pasifika islanders are on the brink of losing their language. Might be a good time to start native talanoa programmes.
No way. If anyone has lost their native tongue it is Te Reo Maori. Other Pacific islanders are exceptionally well with their language.
@@ThaRoflcoptarOfNZ cook islands are losing their language ....
@@ThaRoflcoptarOfNZ I agree. When I hear people speak Māori, it sounds like a Polynesian language with a New Zealand/Australian accent.
born and raise in new York city I'm Puerto Rican Hawaiian and somoan and I only speak English and Spanish I would love to speak the language of somoa
Its samoa buddy not "somoa"
start off by spelling Samoa right uce
Faafetai i tina ma tama faiaoga Samoa o loo latou aoaoina le gagana i totonu o aoga mo le fanau. Ia tumu pea le utu ma ia faaoloaina e le Atua la outou galuega taua. Faafetai.
I feel like more TONGANS speak TONGAN than Samoans speak Samoans in the US raised at least
vise versa here in Australia
Azzury Street
Really? I live in Melbourne and most of the Tongan girls here have an obsession with looks, the boys act like...boys (talking about this generation btw) I've never really heard any conversations spoken in the language, just a bunch of insults from little tongan kids.
cole simons
When it comes to the current generations cultural ties here in Melbourne, Samoan is much more stronger. If you had basic reading skills you'd understand my comment instead of me giving you an explanation.
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Azurry Street I wouldn't say all of Australia, but more-so Sydney and Brisbane, mainly because we have sizeable communities in these cities so it's easier to keep the culture alive.
We need good language curriculum accessible online for anyone who wants to learn i.e. Rosetta Stone hook this up
They said if you forgot your language , culture u mean nothing.
i was born in chicago im half samoan i dont know how to speak it i wish i can learn the tong of my people
its allgood. someone will teach you
@@laionemeihetahikoulakanate9515 wtf 😂
You're fine afakasi lol
The samoan language will always be valid as long as there's a island named samoa...I don't think the world needs it but yea up to the person/family I guess
why talk over it?
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In the midst of learning another language I'm slowly forgetting how to speak Samoan. If i get asked a question I'll hesitate and think if i should respond in Samoan or Japanese.
Japanese. :-)
That doesn't make sense... you can't decide whether your response should be in Japanese or Samoan when conversating with some one?
That's great but this guy has a big head
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Chinese do it in America!
so these samoan kids are all in the same class so they can lean their language??? smh what kind of pedestal crap is this??? can only imagine what kind of pack bully mentality is being created here by putting them all together like this... dumbest thing ive ever seen!
FadeTaBlack Learn how to spell and use proper punctuation before you criticize you moron!
Shut up idiot. Maybe you need to go back to school and sit in class, because that punctuation is just - shit 😂