Expressions Flashcards
(108 cards)
1
Q
Mālō e lelei!
A
Greetings or hello
2
Q
Fēfē hake?
A
How are you?
3
Q
Sai pē!
A
Just fine!
4
Q
Ko au.
A
(Polite response when someone calls your name)
5
Q
Mālō e lava mai.
A
Thanks for coming.
6
Q
‘Io, mālō e tau mo eni.
A
(Response to mālō e lava mai)
7
Q
Ko hai ho hingoá?
A
What is your name?
8
Q
Ko ______ au.
A
I am _________.
9
Q
Ko e hā e lea faka-Tonga ki he __________?
A
What is the Tongan word for _________?
10
Q
‘Oku ʻikai te u ilo.
A
I don’t know.
11
Q
Fanongo lelei!
A
Just listen!
12
Q
ʻOua e lea, fanongo pē!
A
Don’t speak, just listen!
13
Q
Fanongo lelei!
A
Listen carefully!
14
Q
Lea māmālie!
A
Speak slowly!
15
Q
Ko ia!
A
That’s it! (That’s right)
16
Q
Fakamolemole!
A
Forgive (me)!
17
Q
Kātaki!
A
Please, excuse (me)!
18
Q
Kātaki fakamolemole!
A
Please, be patient! (Emphatic)
19
Q
Tali mai!
A
Answer (me)!
20
Q
Toe ‘ai!
A
Repeat!
21
Q
‘Ai fakataha!
A
Say it together!
22
Q
Kātaki toe ‘ai!
A
Please repeat!
23
Q
Ki’i tahataha hake!
A
A little louder!
24
Q
Mahino?
A
Understand?
25
ʻOku ʻikai mahino!
It is not understandable.
26
ʻOku mahino!
It is understandable!
27
Mālō ʻaupito.
Thanks very much.
28
Ko e hā ē?
What is that?
29
Kamata!
Begin!
30
Kamata foʻou!
Begin anew!
31
Sai, tau tuku!
Fine let's quit!
32
Tulou!
Excuse me! (Appropriate when you have just passed in front of someone or reached over in front of someone.)
33
Hū mai!
Come in!
34
ʻAlu ā ē!
Goodbye! (To the person going)
35
Nofo ā ē!
Goodbye! (To the person staying)
36
Mou ō ā ē!
Goodbye! (to several persons going)
37
Mou nofo ā ē!
Goodbye! (To several persons staying)
38
Faka'au ā ē!
Goodbye (polite form. Singular)
39
Mou faka'au ā ē!
Goodbye! (Polite form, plural)
40
ʻalu
Go
41
fēfē
How, how about
42
hake
Up (idiomatic with fēfē)
43
'io
Yes
44
lelei
Good, well
45
mālō
Thanks, congratulations
46
nofo
Stay, remain, live
47
pē
Postposed modifier - just, only, merely (often untranslatable)
48
sai
Fine, well, good
49
mou
You (3 or more)
50
ʻAlu
Go!
51
Mou ō!
Go! (All of you)
52
Haʻu
Come!
53
Mou ō mai!
Come! (All of you)
54
Ako!
Study!
55
Inu!
Drink!
56
Kai!
Eat!
57
Lea!
Speak!
58
Tangutu!
Sit down!
59
Tu'u!
Stand!
60
Mou ako!
Study! (All of you)
61
Mou inu!
Drink!
62
Mou kai!
Eat!
63
Mou lea!
Speak!
64
Mou ō!
Go!
65
Mou ō mai!
Come!
66
Mou tangutu!
Sit down!
67
Mou tuʻu!
Stand up!
68
ako
Study, learn, school, to go to school
69
haʻu
Come
70
Inu
Drink
71
Kai
Eat
72
Lea
Speak, talk, speech, language
73
Mou
You (plural)
74
Ō
Go (plural form)
75
Ō mai
Come (plural form)
76
Tangutu
Sit, sit down
77
Tu'u
Stand, stand up
78
Naʻa
Past tense marker
Naʻa + 1st, 2nd singular proposed subject pronoun (ku - I & ke - you)
79
Naʻá ke kai?
Did you eat?
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'Io, na'á ku kai.
Yes, I ate.
81
Na'á ke inu?
Did you drink? (Quench your thirst)
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'Io, na'á ku inu.
Yes, I drank.
83
Na'a
Is the past tense marker only when used with the subject pronoun. Except in the negative construction, na'a always immediatley precedes the subject pronoun.
84
Ku
Is the subject pronoun I only in the past tense.
85
Na'a
The comination of the tense marker na'a and the singular subject pronouns forms an enclitic. That is the accent falls as though the combination were one word, on the next to the last syllable: na'á ku, na'á ke.
86
Na'á ke kai?
Did you eat?
87
Na'á ke ako?
Did you study?
88
Na'á ke inu?
Did you drink?
89
Na'á ke ha'u?
Did you come?
90
Na'á ke tu'u?
Did you stand?
91
Na'á ke lea?
Did you speak?
92
Na'á ke 'alu?
Did you go?
93
Na'á ke tangutu?
Did you sit down?
94
Na'á ke kai?
'Io, na'á ku kai.
95
Na'á ke lea?
'Io, na'á ku lea.
96
Na'á ke ako?
'Io, na'á ku ako.
97
Na'á ke 'alu?
'Io, na'á ku 'alu.
98
Na'á ke inu?
'Io, na'á ku inu.
99
Na'á ke ha'u?
'Io, na'á ku ha'u.
100
Na'á ke tu'u?
'Io, na'á ku tu'u.
101
Na'a
Past tense marker for subject pronouns
102
Ke
You (preposed singular)
103
Ku
I (preposed)
104
'ikai
(simple negative)
105
Na'a nau kai ma?
Did they eat bread?
106
'Io, na'a nau kai ma.
Yes, they ate bread.
107
Na'á ne inu kava?
Did he drink kava?
108
'Ikai, na'á ne inu vai pē.
No, he just drank water.
