3 years ago I bought a book of descriptive grammar of the Tuvaluan language. Then I created a course for myself on Memrise with the many sentences I could find in it, but obviously it was way too hard as it was not a book made for learning the language. Luckily I still remember some words and expressions.
Ka pai to mahi Mr Perez...I'm sooooo amazed that you are in this world learning all different languages...I'm a Maori from Taranaki, Aotearoa and I'm very facinated you know that our language is very similar to all Polynesians of this World. I too feel that we have a very beautiful way of speakn in different dialects... Your Amazing to Identify this!...😍 I hope to travel like you to different island besides my own and may meet you one day on my travels...Your a Blessing...🙏😇 God Bless You Thanks To God Amen
Fakafetai lasi Andrew. I’m at work and I’ve been procrastinating for the last hour or so watching all your videos of Tuvalu. It’s amazing that after a week in Tuvalu you’ve already known so much about the language and have really enjoyed your stay. If you know Tuvalu you pretty much can understand all the other Polynesian language for it is a mixture of mostly Samoan and Tongan. I do hope someday you get the chance to visit the outer islands. Go to Niutao haha my home island. Wish you nothing but the best in your future travels mate.
Talofa brother! I am not sure if I responded or not. I thought I did but doesn't seem so. My apologies. My life on little O'ahu is so busy. But visiting Tuvalu was my biggest dream and anticipation for the whole year before I actually went. Polynesian language facinates me in everyway also and just couldn't resist getting together my first video of showing the language to the world while also sharing what I learned there also. :D Thank you so much for the love support and kindness. If I have the funds to revisit which i hope, I will try and visit Niutao :)
I'm learning Tuvaluan. There are Tuvaluan students in Taiwan. But I'm not a student anymore so it is difficult to get to know/ be close with them. Please share any learning materials or recommend someone that can help. Fakafetai. Thanks
i was there in Tuvalu when you were there omg I miss it so much but I'm in nz now by watching your videos Anthony brings back alot memories hope to go again soon once again fafetasi lasi xoxo
E lei! Such a pleasure bringing you back to your home islands and nation! Tuvalu has my heart and miss it and the people so much. Hope I can make it back to spend more time. Which island are you from originally?
AHHHHHH What a pleasure to connect with someone from tiny little Polynesian Kapingamarangi. I discovered your island with my interest in Polynesian languages and listed Kapingamarangi as a Polynesian outlier. Would me amazing to visit and hear some of the language. But yea, Tuvaluan was a language i was dying to hear for a long time. For months I wanted to make a video like this and while I was hear I pumped up the confidence while I was with locals in their home. Such a pleasure! But Polynesian not matter where you go across the Pacific, all has so many similarities it's amazing.
I really enjoyed your videos especially the ones in the Pacific region. It may seem like some words are borrowed from the surrounding countries like Samoa, Tonga and Fiji but actually the words are the same or similar because of similar roots. Tuvaluan has many similar words with the older Fijian dialects of the western and Central Viti Levu, and to a lesser extent the Bauan dialect and Eastern and newer dialects. Someone who is familiar with all of the Fijian dialect can understand spoken Tuvaluan to a small degree. Something like Spanish and Italian.
Historically giving thanks to that historic Oceanic migration and voyage over the course of those many years. Hearing IO in Fiji after leaving Tonga was interesting, and hearing Samoan here in Hawai’i of words that are the same or similar in Tuvalu always intrigues me. My favorite is the number 5 = lima, which is the same from Tahiti all the way to the Philippines. ❤️ Thank you for your comment good friend. Stay tuned on my channel, I head to Palau in a couple of weeks :D
There's one island in Tuvalu that had legends about a chief warrior from Fiti came to Nukufetau and killed the chief of Nukufetau and then sailed off and the chief son grew up and sail off to find the Fiti warrior he made it to Fiti but locals told him that he sailed to Samoa so he started sailing to Samoa to find out the Fiti warrior was old and can't fight and had a daughter and she offered herself to be married to him in order to save her father and they went back to Nukufetau and if you look and Nukufetau girls now they are different from other Tuvaluan girls as their hair are more thicker and curlier and the speak really fast tho lol
Kapingamarangi is actually one of many islands that I am intrigued about because it is a Polynesian speaking Island in Micronesia. also known as a Polynesian outlier. I’m hoping one day I can go and visit that Island
@@aperezvoyages oh in that case it's "Toa Tuvalu" which translates to "Tuvaluan Warriors" but we aren't as good as the "Mate ma Tonga" and "Manu Samoa" hhh ...nice videos btw fetaui and tofa
Sounds like Tagalog..kai for "kain" in Tagalog, inu for "inom" in Tagalog. Then the word AO sounds like AHO from Tausug Dialect of the Sulu Archipelago in Mindanao which mean YES.
Mark Madarang That’s because Asian Invaders came and took our islands.. they even stretched to Melanesia and Polynesia, but we pushed them back to the regions they’re in now.. so we regain all of Melanesia back.. these islands belongs to Israelites from Naphtali Tribe.. it was foretold NAPHTALI POSSESSES THE SEAS.. So we were already in Far East before it was even taken by Asians and Called Asia. All those seeds grown in those areas are all Shemitic..
@@aperezvoyages next time you’re in Hawaii you have to connect with some Niihauans from the island of Niʻihau( the forbidden island). You need permission to go there by the Robinson family since they own it but the whole population speaks Hawaiian. What’s unique is that they still speak with the letter T instead of K. The letter T is prominent in most Polynesian languages. For example niihauans would say paʻatai instead of paʻakai(sea salt),or an interesting word Alota instead of Aloha. Niihauans speak more organically than hawaiian spoke and taught today. Hawaiian today is more modernized since missionaries wrote the language. Before that it was an oral language never written down. Anyway, there is big Niihauan community on the island of Kaua’i.
Next time I’m in Hawai’i? 😉 I live here! I live on O’ahu. But I’ve actually done my reading and research on ni’ihau and niihauans. Very interesting and love the protection their culture has
Haha yea I don’t think she understood some of what I was asking but really the goal was two things for this FIRST of a kind video for my channel. To show the world the beautiful language. And to have fun 💙 alofa atu
you earned a sub thanks for teaching me some languages words
Awesome people I'm slowly learning from my lovely Partner
Beautiful people 💙
I found out its austronesian like my ilocano language in Philippines.
English/Malay/Tuvalu :
You/Kau/Koe
Me/Aku/Au
Third person/Dia/ia
Amazing, thank you for sharing! I really want to go to Tuvalu soon :)
Thanks brother! You should :D
Never heard of this country, decided to look up the language. Great vid, pretty cool
I used to learn Tuvaluan and your video makes me want to start again
+Gwen's Language Lab That's awesome man! Where did you used to learn? Polynesian languages are so beautiful!
3 years ago I bought a book of descriptive grammar of the Tuvaluan language.
Then I created a course for myself on Memrise with the many sentences I could find in it, but obviously it was way too hard as it was not a book made for learning the language. Luckily I still remember some words and expressions.
+Gwen's Language Lab Man that's some real research my friend! Quite awesome! Surprise you found a book on a language like Tuvaluan!
Ka pai to mahi Mr Perez...I'm sooooo amazed that you are in this world learning all different languages...I'm a Maori from Taranaki, Aotearoa and I'm very facinated you know that our language is very similar to all Polynesians of this World.
I too feel that we have a very beautiful way of speakn in different dialects...
Your Amazing to Identify this!...😍
I hope to travel like you to different island besides my own and may meet you one day on my travels...Your a Blessing...🙏😇
God Bless You
Thanks To God
Amen
Oh your Amazing...Starting today I'm learning...
Fakafetai lasi Andrew. I’m at work and I’ve been procrastinating for the last hour or so watching all your videos of Tuvalu. It’s amazing that after a week in Tuvalu you’ve already known so much about the language and have really enjoyed your stay. If you know Tuvalu you pretty much can understand all the other Polynesian language for it is a mixture of mostly Samoan and Tongan.
I do hope someday you get the chance to visit the outer islands. Go to Niutao haha my home island. Wish you nothing but the best in your future travels mate.
Talofa brother! I am not sure if I responded or not. I thought I did but doesn't seem so. My apologies. My life on little O'ahu is so busy. But visiting Tuvalu was my biggest dream and anticipation for the whole year before I actually went. Polynesian language facinates me in everyway also and just couldn't resist getting together my first video of showing the language to the world while also sharing what I learned there also. :D Thank you so much for the love support and kindness. If I have the funds to revisit which i hope, I will try and visit Niutao :)
hey man thank you~ i appreciate getting to hear the language
+Bubba Digital Fafetai my friend
I'm learning Tuvaluan. There are Tuvaluan students in Taiwan. But I'm not a student anymore so it is difficult to get to know/ be close with them. Please share any learning materials or recommend someone that can help. Fakafetai. Thanks
For the almighty is Mo Te Atua
What a beautiful language. It all just flows so perfect.
+My Peripatetic Life couldn't agree more brother
i was there in Tuvalu when you were there omg I miss it so much but I'm in nz now by watching your videos Anthony brings back alot memories hope to go again soon once again fafetasi lasi xoxo
E lei! Such a pleasure bringing you back to your home islands and nation! Tuvalu has my heart and miss it and the people so much. Hope I can make it back to spend more time. Which island are you from originally?
@@aperezvoyages from funafuti🥰🥰
The “big city” of Tuvalu ☺️☺️☺️
Yep definitely😀😀
I am from Kapingamarangi..and I laughed when she translated "Where are you from?" cuz I think I can understands what she said. Goe tamadaane mai ihee?
AHHHHHH What a pleasure to connect with someone from tiny little Polynesian Kapingamarangi. I discovered your island with my interest in Polynesian languages and listed Kapingamarangi as a Polynesian outlier. Would me amazing to visit and hear some of the language. But yea, Tuvaluan was a language i was dying to hear for a long time. For months I wanted to make a video like this and while I was hear I pumped up the confidence while I was with locals in their home. Such a pleasure! But Polynesian not matter where you go across the Pacific, all has so many similarities it's amazing.
Can I use this video for live stream please…
I really enjoyed your videos especially the ones in the Pacific region. It may seem like some words are borrowed from the surrounding countries like Samoa, Tonga and Fiji but actually the words are the same or similar because of similar roots. Tuvaluan has many similar words with the older Fijian dialects of the western and Central Viti Levu, and to a lesser extent the Bauan dialect and Eastern and newer dialects. Someone who is familiar with all of the Fijian dialect can understand spoken Tuvaluan to a small degree. Something like Spanish and Italian.
Historically giving thanks to that historic Oceanic migration and voyage over the course of those many years. Hearing IO in Fiji after leaving Tonga was interesting, and hearing Samoan here in Hawai’i of words that are the same or similar in Tuvalu always intrigues me. My favorite is the number 5 = lima, which is the same from Tahiti all the way to the Philippines. ❤️ Thank you for your comment good friend. Stay tuned on my channel, I head to Palau in a couple of weeks :D
There's one island in Tuvalu that had legends about a chief warrior from Fiti came to Nukufetau and killed the chief of Nukufetau and then sailed off and the chief son grew up and sail off to find the Fiti warrior he made it to Fiti but locals told him that he sailed to Samoa so he started sailing to Samoa to find out the Fiti warrior was old and can't fight and had a daughter and she offered herself to be married to him in order to save her father and they went back to Nukufetau and if you look and Nukufetau girls now they are different from other Tuvaluan girls as their hair are more thicker and curlier and the speak really fast tho lol
I love this language bdw the look like the movie Moana ( people)❤️❤️
Almost similar to kapinga island, Goe is you
Gai is eat
Moe is lay down
Inu drink
Loto inside, Daha outside, hare house, gaugau shower...
Kapingamarangi is actually one of many islands that I am intrigued about because it is a Polynesian speaking Island in Micronesia. also known as a Polynesian outlier. I’m hoping one day I can go and visit that Island
Some rugby teams do have NAMES , but they usually name it by their FENUA
STAND UP FOR TUVALU
LESHHGOO
Gotcha friend. I asked because in Tonga it’s Mate ma’a Tonga and wondered if Tuvalu had a unique name also 😉
@@aperezvoyages oh in that case it's "Toa Tuvalu" which translates to "Tuvaluan Warriors" but we aren't as good as the "Mate ma Tonga" and "Manu Samoa" hhh ...nice videos btw fetaui and tofa
Ah man fafetai lasi for sharing something I’ve been curious about for over a year and a half since I left Tuvalu . 😍
I almost understand 80% of the language
Nice! Are you comparing it to another Polynesian language?
@@aperezvoyages well I'm comparing it to samoan they say alot of words we say it's almost the same
Thank you so much
+Keane Phillips 🙏🏾🙌🏾 anytime! 🇹🇻
LoL in MOTU(Papua New Guinea) io is also yes
Awesome to know! Thanks for sharing
Heana 😀Kalofa la oku taina konei ko tamafine a Pua alofa atu kia koulua mai kona mo matua o koulua ❤😍😙
0:56 the other lady actually said punch😂
hahaha :P
True god😂
craaackup lol
Fusu - means to FIGHT 😁😁
👊🏽👊🏽👊🏽😉
Aa like it....talofaa
+ZRZ CHANNEL Talofa 😁
Sounds like Tagalog..kai for "kain" in Tagalog, inu for "inom" in Tagalog. Then the word AO sounds like AHO from Tausug Dialect of the Sulu Archipelago in Mindanao which mean YES.
Yes Tagalog has many similarities to pacific island languages (Polynesian, Micronesian) it was first apparent in the numbers.☺️
Mark Madarang That’s because Asian Invaders came and took our islands.. they even stretched to Melanesia and Polynesia, but we pushed them back to the regions they’re in now.. so we regain all of Melanesia back.. these islands belongs to Israelites from Naphtali Tribe.. it was foretold NAPHTALI POSSESSES THE SEAS.. So we were already in Far East before it was even taken by Asians and Called Asia. All those seeds grown in those areas are all Shemitic..
For example - NANUMEA , NANUMAGA and NUKUFETAU
Very similar to the Samoan language
Very very similar!
Fenua sounds similar to honua in Hawaii, which can mean land or earth. ʻAi , inu , hiamoe.
Honu here in Hawai’i is fonu there. Wahine = fafine I believe! Just so beautiful the connections in linguistics 😍
@@aperezvoyages next time you’re in Hawaii you have to connect with some Niihauans from the island of Niʻihau( the forbidden island). You need permission to go there by the Robinson family since they own it but the whole population speaks Hawaiian. What’s unique is that they still speak with the letter T instead of K. The letter T is prominent in most Polynesian languages. For example niihauans would say paʻatai instead of paʻakai(sea salt),or an interesting word Alota instead of Aloha. Niihauans speak more organically than hawaiian spoke and taught today. Hawaiian today is more modernized since missionaries wrote the language. Before that it was an oral language never written down. Anyway, there is big Niihauan community on the island of Kaua’i.
Next time I’m in Hawai’i? 😉 I live here! I live on O’ahu. But I’ve actually done my reading and research on ni’ihau and niihauans. Very interesting and love the protection their culture has
@@aperezvoyages oh! Lmao! I wouldn’t have known 😅. Born and raised there?
Nah my friend! I’m a Hawaiian transplant been here for two years now 🌺🤙🏽😎
Broo she got so many wrong! Thats actually my niece so yeah...anyways fafetai mo tou vau....alofa atu
Haha yea I don’t think she understood some of what I was asking but really the goal was two things for this FIRST of a kind video for my channel. To show the world the beautiful language. And to have fun 💙 alofa atu
My world has now changed.
+Peter Flack hope for the better :)
@@aperezvoyages Pray for St. Anthony.
No one replaces R for V. Nor R for V. The translation is Tuvaluan. Not Turaluan. Which sounds like tour along.
In the afterlife that was a weapon used as a weapon, 2 ~ years ago. What's more than wrong with a ghost cult?
St Anthony was known to pray for when you are missing an object. Not to be treated as one
Almost same as Samoa
Very very similar!
Hello brother, I would like to help if you want to... just need your email... tauii bro
Talofa braddah! I appreciate it! Btw: you live in Tuvalu or no?
@@aperezvoyages ikai, I just want to send you a soft copy of the Tuvaluan dictionary which can help you to understand words from English to Tuvaluan!!
Yea bro. I plan to go back to Tuvalu next year god willing it reopens. My email is anthonygperez88@gmail.com