Terms of Use

Last updated: 18 August 2025

Welcome to Gagana-Samoa!

Thanks for being here. We’re building this resource to help people learn and connect with Samoan language and culture. These terms are pretty straightforward – basically, please be respectful and don’t try to profit off our work.

What You Can Do

Learn everything! Everything here is designed for your language learning journey:

• Use our dictionary, lessons, and resources for personal learning
• Share links to our content with friends and family
• Reference our materials for school projects or cultural research
• Practice with our audio pronunciations and exercises

What You Can’t Do

Please don’t:

• Copy our content to sell elsewhere (seriously, that’s not cool)
• Post inappropriate, offensive, or disrespectful comments
• Use our resources for commercial language learning products without permission
• Spam our community areas or abuse our contact forms
• Try to hack, disrupt, or otherwise mess with our site

Community Guidelines

We’re here to help you succeed, and we genuinely appreciate feedback and suggestions. But let’s keep things respectful:

• Constructive feedback = always welcome
• Cultural corrections from native speakers = especially appreciated
• Being unnecessarily rude or disruptive = not tolerated

If you consistently ignore these guidelines, we reserve the right to restrict your access to the site.

Content and Copyright

Our content is created with care by native speakers, cultural experts, and language professionals. While we make it freely available for learning, it’s still our intellectual property.

You’re welcome to:

• Quote small portions with proper attribution
• Share our content on social media (we appreciate it!)
• Use our resources in educational settings

Please don’t:

• Republish large portions of our content elsewhere
• Create competing language learning products using our materials
• Remove attribution or claim our work as your own

Accuracy and Updates

We’re constantly improving this resource with help from our expert reviewers and community feedback. While we work hard to ensure accuracy, language and culture are complex – if you notice something that needs correction, please let us know!

Contact Us

Questions about these terms? Want to use our content in a way not covered here?

Just ask! We don’t bite :).

Email: sioualofa@gagana-samoa.com

Ma le fa’aaloalo lava,