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One Day Mafatu: Soon; eventually; Used to declare your intentions are on track, and will happen…just not today.

A promise of future vengeance for a real or perceived wrong;

(I’m not too sure of the origins, but Mafatu was the main character from Armstrong Sperry’s growing up novel, The Boy Who Was Afraid.)

I know I should be saving my money but… I will. One day mafatu.

Yeah you wait there boy – one day I gonna smack your face properly saraga. One day Mafatu…

Din Maro: Indian slang; Translated literally, to ‘kill the day’  (Din – day, Maro – kill); To be bored, aimless, and in dire need to kill time.

Hey, I saw you in town yesterday. You sa looked bored saraga. Too much din maro or what?

The boss left for Nadi yesterday, so since then I been do nothing but din maro all day.

Modri : Pronounced ‘mondri’. Fijian for a person or age group who are younger then you; Also if they’re young and annoy you in any sort of way.

I went to the clubs but forgot that today was the Coke games. Thing was packed with modris saraga.

When were you born? 85? Ooooh you modri.

Cut: Drunk. Not tipsy drunk, but ‘horrible facebook pics’ drunk.

Boy I tell you, mixing beer and hot stuff like that – I get cut real quick.

Mary tried to call out to her friend James, but he was too cut to notice.

Actually, we didn't win the IRB cup. The paper still went to print.

Pote: To fail.

Ha! He likes me, not you! Pote!

I heard some noise outside, and I thought it was a robber, so I took my caneknife and ran outside screaming. But it was just a dog. I pote saraga.

Isa, remember when the Daily Post printed us gang winning the IRB series when we actually didn’t? That was a big pote aye

Wearing pato...

Pato: Going barefoot; no shoes, all natural sole;

My shoes bust in town and I couldn’t walk far in them, so I had to pato the rest of the way. Slack saraga.