Lesson 6

Family

Faamoemoega: O le a ou aoao e talanoa pe toafia tagata o i ai i se aiga.

Personal Study

Saunia mo lau talanoaga faalevaega e ala i le faamaeaina o gaoioiga A e oo i le E.

Study the Principle of Learning: You Are a Child of God

O Oe o se Atalii/Afafine o le Atua

I am a child of God with eternal potential and purpose.

O au o se atalii/afafine o le Atua e i ai gafatia ma faamoemoega e faavavau.

O le Atua o le Tama o o tatou agaga, o lea tatou te ta’ua ai o Ia o le Tama Faalelagi. E alofa lou Tama Faalelagi ia te oe. E finagalo o Ia ia e malamalama i lou faasinomaga moni ma lau sootaga ma Ia. E ala mai i Ana perofeta, ua aoaoina ai i tatou e le Atua i lo tatou natura moni. Na aoao mai Paulo, o se perofeta o le Tusi Paia, :

“O loo molimau mai lea lava Agaga i o tatou agaga, o fanau i tatou a le Atua” (Roma 8:16).

E moni aoaoga a Paulo mo oe. O oe o se atalii po o se afafine o se Tama Faalelagi alofa. E i ai sou gafatia faavavau. Ua i ai i le Atua se faamoemoega mo lou olaga. A o e ole atu i le Atua, e mafai ona Ia fesoasoani ia te oe e iloa ai po o ai oe ma po o ai e mafai ona avea ai oe. Soo se taimi lava e te masalosalo ai i lou tomai e aoao ai le Igilisi, ia manatua o oe o se atalii o le Atua. E alofa o Ia ia te oe ma e manao e fesoasoani ia te oe e tuputupu ae ma alualu i luma. A o e tatalo ma ole atu mo Lana fesoasoani, o le a Ia fesoasoani ia te oe e aoao.

Ponder

• E faapefea ona e faamatalaina le sootaga i le va o se tamā alofa ma lona atalii?

• E faapefea e le iloaina o loo i ai sou Tama Faalelagi alofa ona uunaia ou lagona e uiga ia te oe lava?

• E faapefea ona e atiina ae lau sootaga ma le Tama Faalelagi?

Memorize Vocabulary

Aoao le uiga ma le faaleoina o upu taitasi a o lei faia lau talanoaga faalevaega. Mafaufau i tulaga e te faaaogaina ai le upu i lau faataitaiga i aso taitasi.

family	aiga
have/has	ua i ai/sa i ai
How many … ?	E fia …?
There are …/There is …	E to’a …/E to’a …

Numbers

1 – one	1 – tasi
2 – two	2 – lua
3 – three	3 – tolu

Tagai i le faaopoopoga mo nisi numbers.

Nouns

husband	tane
wife	ava
father (dad)	tamā (papa)
mother (mom)	tinā (mama)
brother/brothers	uso/o uso
sister/sisters	tuafafine/o tuafafine
child/children	tamaitiiti/tamaiti
daughter/daughters	afafine/o afafine
son/sons	atalii/o atalii
boy/boys	tama/o tama
girl/girls	teine/teineiti
person/people	tagata/o tagata

Tagai i le faaopoopoga mo nisi family nouns.

Practice Pattern 1

Faataitai le faaaogaina o mamanu seia oo ina mafai ona e fai atu ma le to’amautinoa ma tali fesili. E mafai ona e suia upu ua vaseina i upu o loo i le vaega “Memorize Vocabulary”.

Q: How many (noun) are in your family?A: There are (number) (noun) in my family.

Questions

Answers

Examples

Q: How many people are in Sam’s family?A: There are four people in his family.

Q: How many sisters are in your family?A: There are two sisters in my family.

Q: How many sons are in your family?A: There is one son in my family.

Practice Pattern 2

Faataitai le faaaogaina o mamanu seia oo ina mafai ona e fai atu ma le mautinoa ma tali fesili. Taumafai e faaaoga mamanu i se talanoaga ma se uo. E mafai ona e talanoa pe auina atu ni savali.

Q: How many (noun) do you have?A: I have (number) (noun).

Questions

Answers

Examples

Q: How many children do you have?A: I have six children.

Q: How many brothers does she have?A: She has three brothers.

Use the Patterns

Tusi ni fesili se fa e mafai ona e fai atu i se tasi. Tusi se tali i fesili taitasi. Faitau leotele.

Additional Activities

Faatumu gaoioiga o lesona ma iloiloga i luga o le initoneti i le englishconnect.org/learner/resources po o le EnglishConnect 1 Workbook.

Act in Faith to Practice English Daily

Faaauau pea ona faataitai le Igilisi i aso taitasi. Faaaoga lau “Faamaumauga e Siaki ai Suesuega Faaletagata Lava Ia.” Toe faamanatu lau sini mo suesuega ma iloilo au taumafaiga.

Conversation Group

Discuss the Principle of Learning: You Are a Child of God

(20–30 minutes)

• Faitau leotele le mataupu faavae o le aoaoina mo lenei lesona.

• Talanoaina fesili.

Activity 1: Practice the Patterns

(10–15 minutes)

Toe faamanatu faatasi ma se paga le lisi o vaogagana.

Faataitai le mamanu 1 ma se paga:

• Faataitai le faia o fesili.

• Faataitai le taliina o fesili.

• Faataitai se talanoaga e faaaoga ai mamanu.

Toe fai mo le mamanu 2.

Activity 2: Create Your Own Sentences

(10–15 minutes)

Vaai i ata. Fai atu ma tali fesili e uiga i aiga taitasi. Ia fai atu le tele o faamatalaga e mafai ona e faia. Feauauai. Fesuiai paga ma toe faataitai.

New Vocabulary

who is

o ai

Example: Yuka

• A: Who is Yuka?

• B: Yuka is the mother.

• A: How many people are in Yuka’s family?

• B: There are six people in her family.

• A: How many children does Yuka have?

• B: She has three children.

• A: How many daughters does Yuka have?

• B: She has two daughters.

• A: How many sons are in her family?

• B: She has one son.

Image 1: Kalani

Image 2: Akin

Image 3: Betty

Activity 3: Create Your Own Conversations

(15–20 minutes)

Fai atu ma tali fesili e uiga i tagata o lou aiga. Fai atu ni tala se tele i le mafai ona e faia. Feauauai. Fesuiai paga ma toe faataitai.

Example

• A: How many people are in your family?

• B: There are six people in my family.

• A: How many sisters do you have?

• B: I have three sisters.

• A: How many children does your sister have?

• B: She has six children.

Evaluate

(5–10 minutes)

Iloilo lou alualu i luma i faamoemoega ma au taumafaiga e faataitai le Igilisi i aso taitasi.

Evaluate Your Progress

I can:

• Use family words.

  Faaaoga upu faaleaiga.

  

• Say how many people are in my family.

  Ta’u atu pe toafia tagata o lo’u aiga.

  

Evaluate Your Efforts

Iloilo au taumafaiga e:

1. Suesue le mataupu faavae o le aoaoina.

2. Tauloto le vaogagana.

3. Faataitai mamanu.

4. Faataitai i aso uma.

Faatu se sini. Mafaufau i fautuaga mo suesuega i le “Faamaumauga e Siaki ai Suesuega Faaletagata Lava Ia.”

Faasoa atu lau sini i se paga.

Act in Faith to Practice English Daily

“O le Atua o lo tatou Tama alofa i le Lagi, ma e alofa atoatoa o Ia i Ana fanau uma, e aofia ai ma oe. Sa alofa o Ia ia i tatou ae tatou te lei alolofa ia te Ia, ma o loo i ai faamaoniga o Lona alofa mo oe i soo se mea” (Alofa o le Atua, ComeUntoChrist.org).