Tongan phrasebook
Phrasebook
Tongan is a Polynesian language spoken in Tonga. It has around 187,000 speakers, and is a national language of Tonga. It is related to along with Hawaiian, Māori, Samoan and Tahitian.
Pronunciation guide
Vowels
Consonants
Common diphthongs
Phrase list
Basics
Hello (formal) malo e lelei (Ma-lo'e le-lei), maaloo 'etua lava (Formal). ( ) How are you? / Hello (informal) Fefe hake (fe-fe ha-Ke) ( ) Good (informal) Sai pe (sai peh) What is your name? Ko hai ho hingoa? ( ) My name is... Ko hoku hingoa ko (ko Ho-ku hing-oa ko) ( ) Nice to meet you. malo e lelei (Ma-lo'e le-lei) ( ) Please kataki (ga-ta-ki), fakamolemole (fa-ga-mo-lay-mo-lay) ( ) Thank you. malo (Ma-lo) ( ) You're welcome. . ( ) Yes 'io (ee-o) ( ) No 'ikai (ee-ka-eh) ( ) Excuse me tulou (do-lo) ( ) I'm sorry. . ( ) Goodbye 'alu a (aa-lu a) . ( ) Goodbye (informal) . ( ) I can't speak name of language [well]. [ ]. ( [ ]) Do you speak English? 'oku ke lea Anglisi? (oh-ku ke lay-ah an-gli-si) ( ?) Is there someone here who speaks English? ? ( ?) Help! tautapa (dau-da-pa) ( !) Look out! ! ( !) Good morning. . ( ) Good evening. . ( ) Good night pouliaa ( ) I don't understand. . ( ) Where is the toilet? ? ( ?)
Problems Leave me alone. . ( .) Don't touch me! ! ( !) I'll call the police. . ( .) Police! ! ( !) Stop! Thief! ! ! ( ! !) I need your help. . ( .) It's an emergency. . ( .) I'm lost. . ( .) I lost my bag. . ( .) I lost my wallet. . ( .) I'm sick. . ( .) I've been injured. . ( .) I need a doctor. . ( .) Can I use your phone? ? ( ?)
Numbers 0 noa ( ) 1 taha ( ) 2 ua ( ) 3 tolu ( ) 4 faa ( ) 5 nima ( ) 6 ono ( ) 7 fitu ( ) 8 valu ( ) 9 hiva ( ) 10 hongofulu ( ) 11 hongofulu ma taha ( ) 12 hongofulu ma ua ( ) 13 hongofulu ma tolu ( ) 14 hongofulu ma faa ( ) 15 hongofulu ma nima ( ) 16 hongofulu ma ono ( ) 17 hongofulu ma fitu ( ) 18 hongofulu ma valu ( ) 19 hongofulu ma hiva ( ) 20 ungofulu ( ) 21 ( ) 22 ( ) 23 ( ) 30 tolungofulu ( ) 40 ( ) 50 ( ) 60 ( ) 70 ( ) 80 ( ) 90 ( ) 100 teau ( ) 200 ( ) 300 ( ) 1,000 taha afe ( ) 2,000 ( ) 10,000 mano ( ) 100,000 kilu ( ) 1,000,000 miliona ( ) 1,000,000,000 ( ) 1,000,000,000,000 ( ) number _____ (train, bus, etc.) ( ) half ( ) less ( ) more ( )
Time now ( ) later ( ) before ( ) morning ( ) afternoon ( ) evening ( ) night ( )
Clock time one o'clock AM ( ) two o'clock AM ( ) noon ( ) one o'clock PM ( ) two o'clock PM ( ) midnight ( )
Duration _____ minute(s) ( ) _____ hour(s) ( ) _____ day(s) ( )
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