To ask what color something is you begin with “O le a le lanu”

“What color is the hat?” is said “O le a le lanu a le pulou?”

“What color are your eyes?” is said “O le a le lanu a ou mata?”

To respond you can say “E” followed by the color or you can answer in a complete sentence by saying “E” followed by the color followed by the object being asked about “le pulou” or “o’u mata”

You can respond “E mumu” — red or “E mumu le pulou” –The hat is red

“E uliuli” – black or “E uliuli o’u mata” — My eyes are black

To ask what color someone wants–begin with “o le a le lanu” then use (ou te, e te, lua te, ta te, tou te, ma te) (you can use “na te” for he/she/it) followed by “mana’o ai” if it is one person or “manana’o ai” if it is more than one person

“what color does she want?” — “O le a le lanu na te mana’o ai?”

“what color do the two of them want?” — “O le a le lanu la te manana’o ai?”

To ask another way begin with “O le a le lanu e mana’o/manana’o ai ” followed by the long form of the pronoun (a’u, oe, ia, maua, matou, oulua, outou, taua, tatou)

(“what color do they want?”–“O le a le lanu e manana’o ai latou?”)

Adjectives (words that describe a person, place, or thing) follow the person, place, or thing rather than precede it as in English.

So in Samoan just remember to say the object first then tell about it.

ex. “red pants” — “ofu vae mumu”

“white belt” — fusipa’u pa’epa’e”

“clean t-shirt” — “mitiafu mama”

“new raincoat” — “ofu talitimu fou”