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Earl Va'a

Hey Xork. My bag is rugby dual code internationals and I'm dubious about the categorisation of Earl Va'a. Turns out he didn't make any actual appearances at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup so he won't qualify on that basis. Do you know if he made any other representative RL appearances for Samoa ? -Sticks66 13:10, 6 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I watched the entire 1994 Pacific League Cup in Suva, and he played for Samoa in that tournament. Obviously that is original research so let me find a reference for it, and bung it in. --Xorkl000 (talk) 00:40, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

In this sandbox is an article I'm well down the track on re DCIs. Could I get the game, date and venue of his RL Int'l debut ? If you don't have his debut I'll settle for the same detail on any of his Int'l RL appearances. BTW Do you know of any other Tonga, Samoan or Fijian DCIs that aren't categorised. ?-Sticks66 08:18, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

All I know about his international career is that he played for Samoa in the 1994 tournament in Suva. Whether that was début or not I couldn't tell you --Xorkl000 (talk) 23:02, 7 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Thx. Can you tell me which Stadium in Suva you saw him at ? Was it Nov 1994 ? -Sticks66 00:38, 11 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Translation of a short story

Hi! So, you are a Fijian. I hope, you could help me. I'm a Hungarain wikipedian, my name is Norbert Kiss. I wrote a really short story and now I have 121 translations about it, including Maori and Samoan. Could you make me a Fijia version? The English, the Maori and the Samoan version is here:

Myself

Ancient are my people to whom I belong, we are ancient ones, on this whole world. I speak an ancient language, the language of my own. I live in an ancient land, I’ve never lived elsewhere, and I belong here. This is me, myself. I am alone in the big world. I am alone, my nation passed away a long time ago, only I stayed. I speak my ancient language alone.

I am wandering on the road called life, I eat my bread and I drink my water alone. It is me who writes my books and I am the one who reads them. I climb the mountains behind my house; me I get the fish from the river which is in front of my house. Every day I go up to the hills to think and to meditate alone, only me on my own. While I was away, I have seen other people; some of them came to my land. I was good to them. I gave them food and drink, they could rest in my houses.

And now... strangers tell me, when they come here, what I should do, what I’m allowed to do. But here I am the landlord, I am the owner, I am the one who is at home. This is my ancient home, where my fathers and their fathers lived. This is my home, my land; I live here on my own.

Ko ahau tēnei

Nō te ao tawhito tōku iwi, nō rātou ahau, he iwi tawhito mātou, kei ngā tōpito katoa o te ao. Kei te kōrero ahau i te reo tawhito, nōku ake te reo. Kei te noho ahau i te whenua tawhito. Kua noho ahau ki wāhi kē, nō kōnei ahau. Ko ahau tēnei, ko ahau tonu. Kei te noho mokemoke ahau i te ao nui nei. Kei te noho ahau i taku kōtahi, kua ngaro noa atu tōku iwi, ko ahau anake ka noho tonu ki kōnei. Kei te kōrero au i te reo tawhito i taku kōtahi.

E hāereere ana ahau i runga i te huarahi e kiia nei ko te oranga, e kai ana ahau i taku parāoa, ā, e inu ana ahau i te wai māori i taku kōtahi. Nāku anō e tuhia āku pukapuka, ā, nāku anō e pānuitia. Ka pikitia e au ngā maunga kei muri i taku whare, nāku hoki i hī ika i te awa kei mua i taku whare. Ia rā, ia rā ka haere ahau ki ngā puke kia whakaaro ai, ā, kia wānanga ai i taku kōtahi, ko ahau anake.

I ā ahau ki wāhi kē, kua kitea e au ki ētahi atu tāngata, ka haere mai ētahi o rātou ki tōku whenua. Naku rātou i manaakitia, nāku rātou i whangaia i hōatu inu hoki, ka whakatā rātou ki āku whare.

Nāianei... ka kī mai ngā tauhou, nō reira rātou, i aha ai rātou i tae mai, me aha hoki ahau, me pēhea hoki aku mahi. Ēngari, ko ahau te kaitiaki o te whenua, nōku tēnei whenua, kei tōku kainga tonu ahau. Nōku tēnei kainga tawhito, nō kōnei ōku tūpuna. Nōku tēnei kainga, nōku tēnei whenua, ka noho ahau i taku kōtahi.

O A'u

O tagata anamua e afua mai ai lo’u faasinomaga, o matou mai anamua ua nofoia lenei lalolagi atoa. Oute tautala i se gagana o aso anamua, o la’u lava lea gagana.Ou te nofo i se fanua mai aso anamua, ma ou te lei nofo lava i se isi mea, aua o iinei lo’u fa’asinomaga. O au lenei, o taita. Ua na o a’u lenei lalolagi tele. Ua na o a’u lava, ua mavae atu lo’u atunu’u i aso lava la, na o a’u lava lea e ola. Na o a’u lava ou te tautala i la’u gagana o aso anamua.

O lea ou te evaeva nei i luga o le auala o le ola, e ai la’u falaoa ma inu lau vai to’atasi. O a’u le tusitala o a’u tusi ma o a’u fo’i o le faitau tusi o ia tusi. Ou te aea mauga i tua ane o lo’u fale;o a’u e maua mai i’a i se vaitafe i luma ane o lo’u fale. O aso uma lava ou te aga’i a’e ai i luga o ni nofoaga fa’amaopu’epu’e oute mafaufau ma ou moemanatunatu toatasi ai, ua na o ‘au lava.

A’o ou toesea, sa ou vaaia ni tagata ese, o nisi sa omai i lo’u fanua. Sa ou agalelei iai. Sa ou avea iai ni meaai ma ni vaiinu, ma sa fa’atagaina foi ona malolo i lo’u fale.

Ma o le taimi nei.a o mai tagata ese e fai mai ia te au, le mea e tatau ona ou faia, faapea fo’i le mea e faataga ona ou faia. Ae peita’i o a’u nei o le ‘alii o le fanua’,o a’u o le pule, o a’u o lea e nofo ile aiga. O lou aiga lenei mai anamua, le mea sa nonofo ai ou tuaa ma o latou tuaa. O lo’u aiga lenei, o lou fanua; Ou te nofo toatasi ai nao a’u.

I hope, you could help me. - Eino81 (talk) 19:27, 29 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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Photo requests

Hi! Do you do photo requests?

If so, I have two in Nadi:

headquarters of Pacific Sun, Nadi Airport, Nadi, Fiji
headquarters of Air Pacific, Air Pacific Maintenance & Administration Centre, Nasoso Road

Thanks, WhisperToMe (talk) 01:33, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Alright. Thanks for letting me know WhisperToMe (talk) 01:49, 13 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Bula Xorkl000! I just saw your edit a few minutes ago — you're back! I recently returned too, after an 8 or 9 year hiatus. Feels good to meet up with old buddies again. David Cannon (talk) 13:07, 7 September 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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Question about pronunciation

Hello. I am a little interested in the Fijian language and in the Talk page of Nadi your name was mentioned so I thought I'd ask you.

The Fijian /di/ digraph is obviously pronounced like "ndʒi" just like /ti/ is pronounced like "t⁠ʃ⁠i" with "ʒ" being the leisure-sound and "ʃ"⁠ the shore-sound (which makes the title Adi pronounced like "andʒi" and the island group Lomaiviti like "lomaivit⁠ʃi"). I hope I'm right so far.

But I'm somewhat stuck in the town name Nadi. According to the /di/ rules this should be pronounced like "nand⁠ʒi" but it seems it's pronounced like "nandi" without the ʒ sound. What's the reason for this? Is there any rule that makes Nadi pronounced without the ʒ sound or is it just an exception from the rule which can't be explained? According to Wikipedia, Nadi was founded in the fourties when there already lived a lot of Fiji Indians in the town so could it be that the town's name is actually of Hindi origin and not of Fijian origin? In any case, are there other exception of the /di/ rule?

Would be great if you could help me out on this one. Best wishes from Patrick in Germany.--31.16.72.117 (talk) 03:28, 6 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]

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