Fijian Language 101
Tuesday, January 18th, 2011Even though almost everyone in Fiji speaks English you’re still going to run into some local vernacular if you’re out-and-about. To help you better convey some questions you may have during your travels we provide the following basic English-to-Fijian translation guide.
| good morning | ni sa yadra (ni sah yan dra) |
| hello! | bula(mbula) |
| goodbye | ni sa moce (ni sa mothey) |
| please | yalo vinaka (yalo vee naka) |
| excuse me | tulou (too low) |
| yes | io(ee-o) |
| thank you | vinaka (vee naka) |
| no | seqa (senga) |
| eat | kana (kana) |
| village | koro |
| lady | marama |
| mister | turaga (tu rang ah) |
| little | vaka lailai (vaka lie lie) |
| plenty | vaka levu (vaka ley vu) |
| quickly | vaka totolo (vaka toe toe lo) |
| house | vale/bure (valey/mburey) (more…) |