In this lesson the words for clothing and how to put them on or off are introduced. The word “ofu” means clothes” but it also is used to mean “wear”.

So, you would say “Wear your clothes” — “Ofu ou ofu”

The word “se’e” means “slide” or “slip” but it is used to mean “wear”
when in reference to shoes or slippers (something you can slide or slip onto your feet)

The word “tui” means “to poke” or “fork” but when used in reference to socks it means to “put on” (like poke or insert
your feet into)

If you want to say “Wear your socks” you say “Ofu au totini” If you want to say “Put on your socks” you say “Tui au totini”

As taught in previous lessons- to show ownership or possession use “a” (after the object and before the owner) for alienable objects (like clothing) and “o” (after the object and before the owner) for inalienable objects (family, body parts) or just use the possessive words taught in lessons 2, 3,and 4 before the object (o’u, ou, ona, lo’u, lou, lona, a’u, au, ana, etc…)

“…my clothes” — “ofu a a’u” or “a’u ofu”

“…my hand” — “lima o a’u” or “lo’u lima”

“…your shoes” — “se’evae a oe” or “au se’evae”

“… his book” — “le tusi a ia” or “lana tusi”

Remember that adjectives (words that describe a person, place, or thing) follow the person, place, or thing rather than preceed as in English.