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Veikidavaki (Greetings in Fijian)

Three important parts to greetings in Fijian are your name, your village and your mothers village.
Your mother's village is your 'koro ni vasu'. Your father's village is your 'koro'.

1. Na yacaqu o ________________ (My name is _______)

2. Na noqu koro o _______________(My village is _____)

3. Au vasu i __________________ (My mothers village is ______)

Another way of saying my mothers village is :

Na noqu koro ni vasu o ____________.

New words
yaca - name
yacaqu - my name
au - me
yacamu - your name

Telling the time in Fijian

 Sa vica na kaloko? - What is the time?

Notice 'kaloko' is the translation for time when referring to the exact time. Gauna is another word for time but is more general.

To tell the time to the exact hour: 

Sa tini na kaloko  -  Its 10 o'clock
Sa tinikadua na kaloko - It's 11 o'clock.

To tell the time to 30 minutes after the hour: 

Sa veimama na tini - It's half past 10
Sa veimama na tolu - It's half past 3

To tell the time to minutes before the hour 

Sa vo e tini na miniti me tolu - It's 10 minutes to three
Sa vo e tinikalima na miniti me va - Its 15 minutes to 4

To tell the time to minutes after the hour

Sa oti na ono ena tinikatolu na miniti - It's 13 minutes past 6
Sa oti na rua ena ruasagavulukava na miniti - It's 24 minutes past 2

Exercises  - Sa vica na kaloko ena kaloko era tu era qo.

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Tiki ni yago - Taro

Tiki ni yago

Choose the Fijian for the body parts

1. Nose

ulu
yame
yava
ucu


2. Knee

duru
ulu
liga
qaqalo


3. abdomen

kete
sarisari
ulu
ucu


4. tooth

yame
liga
bati
gusu


5. finger

qaqalo
roqo
kesu
saga


6. ear

kesu
daliga
liga
taukuku


7. hand

daliga
ulu
ucu
liga


8. thigh

yava
saga
qurulasawa
duru


9. neck

domo
daku
dibina
kesu


10. back

domo
daku
qurulasawa
kesu

Wiliwili - Counting in Fijian

Counting in Fijian is important but easy to learn.

Here are first twenty numbers. Please add the rest to 99


1.   Dua            11   Tinikadua
2.   Rua            12   Tinikarua
3.   Tolu            13   Tinikatolu
4.   Va               14   Tinikava
5.   Lima           15   Tinikalima
6.   Ono            16    Tinikaono
7.   Vitu            17     Tinikavitu
8.   Walu           18    Tinikawalu
9.   Ciwa           19    Tinikaciwa
10  Tini             20    Ruasagavulu


Exercise:

Fijian for these numbers

30
45
90
99
100

iSema - foundation of the Fijian Language

The iSema is the foundation of the Fijian Language. Once you've learned the pronunciation of the isema you can then start reading Fijian words correctly. Before you learn anything else in the Fijian language please make sure your pronunciation is correct

 A.

 BA CA DA DRA FA GA JA KA LA MA NA PA QA RA SA TA VA WA YA

 E.

 BE  CE  DE  DRE  FE GE JE KE LE ME NE PE QE RE SE TE VE WE YE

 I.

 BI  CI   DI  DRI  FI  GI  JI KI  LI   MI  NI  PI  QI   RI  SI  TI  VI   WI  YI

 O.

 BO CO DO DRO FO GO JO KO LO MO NO PO QO RO SO TO VO WO YO

 U.

 BU CU DU DRU FU GU JU KU LU MU NU PU QU RU SU TU VU WU YU