Introduction
Fijian is spoken in Fiji, obviously. Though there are other languages that are spoken there like English and Fijian Hindu the language I’m going to focus on today is going to be Fijian. Fijian is the Native language of Fiji so it’s obvious that we learn about Fijian and not the other languages. 🙂 So first things first, Fijian is spoken by 339,210 Indigenous people. There are around 200 dialects of Fijian. And dont forget to rrrrrrrrrooooollll your rrrrrr’s when your speaking Fijian.
Words
Hello – Ni sa bula or just bula
Goodbye – Ni sa moce
Good morning – Ni sa yadra
Yes – Lo
No – Sega
Please – Yalo vinaka
House – Vale or bure
Man – tagane
Woman – marama
Toilet – Vale lailai
Village – Koro
Phrases
Go ahead and try – Tovolea mada
Exclamation of regret or joy – Isa, Isa Lei
Killing time, Fooling around – Moku siga
Where do you come from? – O nī lako mai vei?
I come from New Zealand. – Au lako mai Niu Siladi.
Weather report
Suva, Fiji
Wednesday 10:00 AM
Partly cloudy
85°F
Precipitation: 12%
Humidity: 77%
Wind: 3 mph
Fiji is also where the company Fiji Water gets all their water from. Fiji Water is the number one export of any kind from the country in dollar value. It comes from an aquifer in Fiji. But don’t buy Fiji Water next time you are at your local 7-11 because it is owned by a rich American family that need to do more to help the locals Fijians receive clean water. Only about half of all Fijians have access to clean water. Look it up yourself.
Words
Mom – tinana
Dad – ta
Brother – Tacina
Sister – Tacina
Tree – vunikau
Car – motoka
Creek – vuata
Pen – peni
Fijian is an Austronesian language of the Malayo-Polynesian family spoken by some 350,000–450,000 ethnic Fijians as a native language. The 2013 Constitution established Fijian as an official language of Fiji, along with English and Fiji Hindi, and there is discussion about establishing it as the “national language”
Writing system: Latin-based
State bird: Collared Lory
BULA
MOCE
LANGUAGE MADNESS 