Sāmoan Numbers


Sāmoan Numbers and counting.

Examples of statements with counting. Please consider that "toʻa" is a word/particle (often used as a prefix) used to communicate the count of people.

Sāmoan English
E  fia  taʻavale? How many books?
E  tasi  le  taʻavale. One automobile.
E  fia  tusi? How many books?
E  tolu  tusi. Three books.
E  toʻafia  tagata? How many people?
E  toʻafitu  tagata. Seven people.

List of words that may be used in examples. Please consider that "toʻa" is a word/particle (often used as a prefix) used to communicate the count of people.

Sāmoan English
Fia how many, how much
Taʻavale Automobile
Tagata Person
Tusi Book
Toʻafia how many, how much (people)

Sāmoan Numbers - Numera Sāmoa

Sāmoan English
Muamua First
Lona Lua Second
Lona Tolu Third
Lona Fā Fourth
Lona Lima Fifth
Lona Ono Sixth
Lona Fitu Seventh
Lona Valu Eigth
Lona Iva Ninth
Lona Sefulu Tenth
Mulimuli Last
# Sāmoan English
0 Selo Zero
1 Tasi One
2 Lua Two
3 Tolu Three
4 Fā Four
5 Lima Five
6 Ono Six
7 Fitu Seven
8 Valu Eight
9 Iva Nine
10 Sefulu Ten
# Sāmoan English
11 Sefulu ma le Tasi Eleven
12 Sefulu ma le Lua Twelve
13 Sefulu ma le Tolu Thirteen
14 Sefulu ma le Fā Fourteen
15 Sefulu ma le lima Fifteen
16 Sefulu ma le Ono Sixteen
17 Sefulu ma le Fitu Seventeen
18 Sefulu ma le Valu Eighteen
19 Sefulu ma le Iva Nineteen

Numbers such as 11-19 are fully written to include "ma le" but often shortened to exclude "ma le"
For example: 11 is fully written "Sefulu ma le Tasi" but often shortened to exclude "ma le" and thus commonly written and spoken as "Sefulu Tasi".


# Sāmoan English
20 Lua Sefulu Twenty
21 Lua Sefulu Tasi Twenty One
22 Lua Sefulu Lua Twenty Two
23 Lua Sefulu Tolu Twenty Three
24 Lua Sefulu Fā Twenty Four
25 Lua Sefulu lima Twenty Five
26 Lua Sefulu Ono Twenty Six
27 Lua Sefulu Fitu Twenty Seven
28 Lua Sefulu Valu Twenty Eight
29 Lua Sefulu Iva Twenty Nine
# Sāmoan English
30 Tolu Sefulu Thirty
40 Fā Sefulu Fourty
50 Lima Sefulu Fifty
60 Ono Sefulu Sixty
70 Fitu Sefulu Seventy
80 Valu Sefulu Eighty
90 Iva Sefulu Ninety
# Sāmoan English
100 Selau One Hundred
200 Lua Selau Two Hundred
300 Tolu Selau Three Hundred
400 Fā Selau Four Hundred
500 Lima Selau Five Hundred
600 Ono Selau Six Hundred
700 Fitu Selau Seven Hundred
800 Valu Selau Eight Hundred
900 Iva Selau Nine Hundred

# Sāmoan English
1000 Afe One Thousand
2000 Lua Afe Two Thousand
3000 Tolu Afe Three Thousand
4000 Fā Afe Four Thousand
5000 Lima Afe Five Thousand
6000 Ono Afe Six Thousand
7000 Fitu Afe Seven Thousand
8000 Valu Afe Eight Thousand
9000 Iva Afe Nine Thousand
# Sāmoan English
10,000 Sefulu Afe Ten Thousand
20,000 Lua Sefulu Afe Two Thousand
30,000 Tolu Sefulu Afe Three Thousand
40,000 Fā Sefulu Afe Four Thousand
50,000 lima Sefulu Afe Five Thousand
60,000 Ono Sefulu Afe Six Thousand
70,000 Fitu Sefulu Afe Seven Thousand
80,000 Valu Sefulu Afe Eight Thousand
90,000 Iva Sefulu Afe Nine Thousand
# Sāmoan English
100,000 Selau Afe One Hundred Thousand
200,000 Lua Selau Afe Two Thousand
300,000 Tolu Sefulu Afe Three Thousand
400,000 Fā Sefulu Afe Four Thousand
500,000 lima Sefulu Afe Five Thousand
600,000 Sefulu Afe Six Thousand Ono
700,000 Fitu Sefulu Afe Seven Thousand
800,000 Valu Sefulu Afe Eight Thousand
900,000 Iva Sefulu Afe Nine Thousand
# Sāmoan English
1,000,000 Miliona Million
1,000,000,000 Biliona Billion
1,000,000,000,000 Triliona Trillion

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