This means that unlike most samoan families I 've met , we don 't have a huge family to support each other .
这意味着我家不像我碰到的大多数萨摩亚家庭,我们背后没有庞大家族可相互扶持。
Other countries in the pacific do all their schooling in english because the market just isn 't there to translate textbooks into samoan or tongan .
其他太平洋的国家都用英语来进行教学,因为市场不会再那里把课本翻译成萨摩亚语或者汤加语。
Also , samoan society fully accepts the fa afafine , who vasey said are considered to occupy a third gender and are respected for their commitment to taking care of their families .
Vasey analyzed how samoan men , women and faafafine acted toward their nieces , nephews and unrelated children living in the same village , looking at behavior and attitudes such as their willingness to babysit and contribute financial resources .
Most of the damage appeared to have occurred in the samoan islands , which include samoa , a small nation of about 220000 people , and american samoa , a u. s.territory nearby with about 65000 people .