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 .

此外，萨摩亚人的社会完全认可男子女性化，维西说人们将其视为第三性并尊重他们对于照顾家庭所做出的贡献。

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 .

维西分析了萨摩亚男性、女性、及女性化男子对于本村侄（甥）女，外甥（侄子）以及无关儿童的态度和举止，如他们是否愿意抚养及提供经济来源。

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 .

大部分破坏看来都发生在萨摩亚诸岛，包括人口约22万的小国萨摩亚和附近约有6.5万人口的美属萨摩亚。