Cotswolds Fijian Language Week

13/10/2024

Ni sa bula vinaka mai.

Vinaka vakalevu na vakaitavi e na macawa ni Vosa Vaka-viti.
As promised, our live booklet has been updated to include all our resources from throughout the week and the updated booklet link is below:
https://simplebooklet.com/fijianlanguageweekbooklet

Ni Kalougata tiko
Vinaka vakalevu
Frances & Millie

Fijian Language Week Booklet : simplebooklet.com

11/10/2024

Mentimeter results for our Value of the Week ❤️

10/10/2024

10/10/2024

Please use your Pronunciation Guide to help you put these sounds together to pronounce the Fijian words in the cue cards for tonight's activity.

Tonight's session
Tonight, we will be working on "I like" and "I don't like" sentences. Please come tonight with 1 -3 sentences beginning with I like and "I don't like". You are more than welcome to try translating them but if you are unable to, please don't worry as we will go through these in tonight's session.
I have attached some cue cards for reference and we will see you tonight.

Value for the week - VAKAROKOROKO/RESPECT
Our Mentimeter is still live - please do submit your words/phrases.
https://www.menti.com/alzr61f4xzqz
All you need to do is click the link, type your word or phrase in and SUBMIT. We will share the results later in the week.

Na link ni Zoom qo:
You are invited to join us this week for our Cotswolds Fijian Language Week:

Topic: Cotswolds Fijian Language Week
Time: Oct 7, 2024 06:30 PM London
Every day, until Oct 13, 2024, 7 occurrence(s)
Join Zoom Meeting

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84170171352?pwd=aw3b7SzaAHxqEorUFfD17vrS3xtbUy.1

Meeting ID: 841 7017 1352
Passcode: 962132

Homework
We hope that you are continuing practicing your "About Me" introduction. If you do feel confident enough, please do send us a video.

Nomuni dauniveiqaravi
Sai Nasilasila

09/10/2024

Leading up to tonight's session, Please see below for a Pronunciation Guide to help you put sounds together to pronounce your Fijian words.

Homework
We hope that you are practicing your "About Me" activity. If you do feel confident enough to have a go at the full introduction, please do send us a video of it :D

Tonight's session
Tonight, we will be going through our pronunciations and we will practice reading Fijian poems

Value for the week - VAKAROKOROKO/RESPECT

Please click the link below and enter word or phrases about ways we show respect in our Fijian Culture - we have learnt about addressing elders or each other, not touching people's hair, remaining quiet while we waited for session to start...
https://www.menti.com/alzr61f4xzqz
All you need to do is click the link, type your word or phrase in and SUBMIT. We will share the results later in the week.

Same Zoom Link which has been pinned to this Page.
See you tonight :D

09/10/2024

Some affordable resources that could be used to help us help each other learn and translate Fijian words and phrases.
Mini magnetic boards from Home Bargains 😁
Post its available in many many stores 😊

09/10/2024

Towards the end of last night's session, we continued discussions on VAKAROKOROKO and some way we show RESPECT in our Fijian Culture.

Please click the link below to participate in our Value of the week exercise - all you need to do is type a short phrase or word about ways we show respect in our culture and SUBMIT.

We will display the results later in the week.

Vinaka

Enter the code from the Mentimeter presentation to join in and start voting. Make your voice heard!