Tongan lesson 51
Mai e pēpē kiate au
Bring the baby to me
Mai e tohi kiate au
Bring the book to me
Mai e tohi lēsoni kiate au
Bring the lesson book to me
Mai e masi kiate au
Bring the match to me
Mai e nusipepa kiate au
Bring the newspaper to me
Na'e ngalo 'iate ia e fakataha
He forgot the meeting
Kuo 'osi mahino kiate au
I already understand (t)
'Oku 'ikai ke ngalo 'iate au e ta'ahine
I don't (can't) forget the girl
'Oku 'ikai ke mahino kiate au
I don't understand
Na'e ngalo 'iate au
I forgot
Na'e ngalo 'iate au e fakataha
I forgot the meeting
Kuo ngalo 'iate au e ta'ahine
I have forgotten the girl
Kuo ngalo 'iate au e lēsoni
I have forgotten the lesson
Kuo ngalo 'iate au e fakataha
I have forgotten the meeting
Kuo ngalo 'iate au e taimi
I have forgotten the time
'Oku ou sai'ia 'iate kinautolu
I like them
'Oku ou 'ofa lahi 'iate koe
I love you very much
'Oku mahino e lēsoni kiate koe?
Is the lesson understandable to you?
Kuo ngalo 'ia Sione
John has forgotten
'Oku nofo 'a Sione 'iate (mo) au
John stays with me
'Oku mahino kia Sione
John understands
'Ikai, kuo'osi ngalo 'iate au e lēsoni
No, I have already forgotten the lesson
Kuo ngalo 'i he tamasi'i e fakataha
The boy has forgotten the meeting
'Oku mahino ki he tamasi'i
The boy understands
Kuo 'osi mahino kiate kinautolu
They already understand (t)
Tali mai kiate au
Wait for me (to me)
Tali mai kiate kinautolu
Wait for them (to them)
Tali mai kiate kimautolu
Wait for us (to us)
Kuo 'osi mahino kiate kimautolu
We already understand (t)
'Oku 'ikai ke mahino e lēsoni kiate kimautolu
We don't under stand the lesson (t)
'Oku 'ikai ke mahino e malanga kiate kimautolu
We don't under stand the speech (t)
'Oku 'ikai ke mahino e talanoa kiate kimautolu
We don't understand the story (t)
Na'e ngalo 'iate kimautolu e fakataha
We forgot the meeting
pēpē
baby
ngalo
forget
masi
match (lighter)
nusipepa
newspaper
'Oku mahino e lea faka-Tonga kiate koe?
Do you understand Tongan? (towards)
'Oku mahino e fakamatala kiate koe?
Do you understand the explanation?