TAHITIAN VIDEO SCENARIOS

PRACTICE TAHITIAN: Conversational video scenarios

Module 6 is a series of video scenarios.

It's the story of John who is American from San Francisco, he is a Tahitian dancer and a student of Poly-lingual. He loves Tahiti and its culture, dance and language.

He travels to Tahiti with his dance group and get to spend some time with Mareva (his friend) and her family.

He will learn how to speak Tahitian with Mareva and her family. He practices speaking Tahitian everyday and his pronunciation gets better along the way.

In this Module you will learn :

• Video Scenario #1: John learn how to introduce himself in Tahitian

John, (Marevaʻs friend) from San Francisco, California will be having a conversation with Marevaʻs brother Teuira. Teuira never met John before, Teuira will ask him some typical questions to get to know him better.John will introduce himself by answering Teuiraʻs questions.

In this video you will learn:

• How to introduce yourself in Tahitian
• How to ask questions
• How to answer them
• about the most common words and sentences used for greetings

• Video Scenario #2: John learn how to introduce his family in Tahitian

Mareva introduces her family to John, her friend from san Francisco. Mareva has a very big family and have a lots of friends, she will present them to John. John will also talk about his family.

In this video you will learn:

• How to introduce your family
• How to ask questions
• How to answer them
• about the most common words and sentences used to introduce your family (Spouse, children, siblings, parents etc...)

• Video Scenario #3: John eats Tahitian traditional food with Marevaʻs family on a sunday morning

This video scenario takes place at the Market place in Papeete, known as “Le marché de Papeete”.

Mareva and her mother Māmā Moea are taking John to the Market place in Papeete. The market place is a place of "rendez-vous" for all the people from all the districts in Tahiti. It’s a place where you can buy local products, food, traditional crafts, pearls, clothing, souvenirs etc…There’s something for everyone.

In this video you will learn:

• About the famous "Marché de Papeete"
• How to buy local produces at the Market place
• How to count and pay in Tahitian
• about the most common words and sentences used for buying and paying produces at the market place

• Video Scenario #4: John goes shopping at the Marketplace of Papeete

This video scenario takes place at Māmā Moeaʻs house. She lives right by the beach and every sunday, Mareva and her family have brunch together at Māmā Moeaʻs house. They get to eat the "Māʻa Tahiti", the Tahitian traditional food as a family.

In this video you will learn about the “mā’a tahiti”, the Tahitian traditional food, about the famous raw fish with coconut milk, called the “poisson cru” in French or the “i’a ota tāhaʻari”, the tahitian’s favorite food of all.

In this video you will learn:

• About the “mā’a tahiti”, the Tahitian traditional food
• About Tahitian traditional oven
• How to make Tahitian traditional dishes
• About the most common words and sentences used for cooking & preparing food

• Video Scenario #5: John goes to watch the Hura Tapairu Manihini Tahitian dance competition with Mareva and her family.

This video scenario takes place at a Tahitian dance studio in the city of Paea. John asked to learn the reo tahiti with Haunui who is a professor of Tahitian dance. John wanted to learn the most common Tahitian phrases used during dance class.

In this video you will learn:

• How to name the different body parts in Tahitian
• Sentences, action verbs for different body movements
• about the most common words and sentences used in a dance class

• Video Scenario #6: John visits Haunuiʻs Tahitian dance studio

This video scenario takes place at the grand theatre of "Te Fare Tauhiti Nui", the house of culture in Tahiti. John is going to watch the "Hura Tapairu manihini" with Marevaʻs family. The "Hura Tapairu Manihini" is a popular tahitian dance competition open to all international tahitian dance groups from all over the world that takes place every year.

In this video you will learn:

• About the Hura Tapairu Manihini (Tahitian dance event)
• How to buy your entrance tickets
• How to order, pay and find your seat ticket.
• about the most common words and sentences used when going to an entertainment event

• Video Scenario #7: John visits the island of Tahiti

In this video scenario, John go on a tour of the island of Tahiti with Mareva and her husband Teva. They will circle the island and stop at the most popular and beautiful spots of Tahiti.

In this video you will learn:

• How to describe landscape, nature, tourists spots
• About some history and cultural facts about Tahiti
• about the most common words and sentences used when going on a sightseeing tour

• Video Scenario #8: John says farewell to Marevaʻs family at the airport

After a couple days in Tahiti, it is time for John to go back to San Francisco, California. He says goodbye to Mareva and her family. He tells them thank you for all the time he spent in Tahiti, he is grateful for the experience and for everything he learned.

In this video you will learn:

• How to say goodbye in Tahitian
• How to say thank you in Tahitian
• about the most common words and sentences used when saying goodbyes

Your program outline:

Lesson 6.1 - Video Scenario #1: John learn how to introduce himself in Tahitian

Lesson 6.2 - Video Scenario #2: John learn how to introduce his family in Tahitian

Lesson 6.3 - Video Scenario #3: John eats Tahitian traditional food with Marevaʻs family on a sunday morning

Lesson 6.4 - Video Scenario #4: John goes shopping at the Marketplace of Papeete

Lesson 6.5 - Video Scenario #5: John goes to watch the Hura Tapairu Manihini Tahitian dance competition with Mareva and her family.

Lesson 6.6 - Video Scenario #6: John visits Haunuiʻs Tahitian dance studio

Lesson 6.7 - Video Scenario #7: John visits the island of Tahiti

Lesson 6.8 - Video Scenario #8: John says farewell to Marevaʻs family at the airport

Our best tips to learn from these video scenarios:

1-Watch the entire video the first time, without interruption, and listen closely to get the general idea.

2-Watch and listen the second time for specific details. Try to recognize the words and try to pronounce them correctly.

3-Watch and listen for the third time and this time you will speak along with the video.

4-practice on your own.

Remember, it is important for you to LISTEN then SPEAK!

At the end of this lesson, you will be given some assignments to practice your speaking and pronunciation.

Your main focus

• LISTEN then SPEAK
• Practice your pronunciation

Your weekly action

• Watch video scenarios multiple times per week until you understand the full conversation without looking at the subtitles or translation
• Memorize sentences and words used in video scenario
• Practice your pronunciation

A faʻaitoito! You are on your way to become POLY-Lingual!