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47 Cards in this Set
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Did you eat?
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Na'á ke kai?
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Yes, I ate.
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'Io, naá ku kai.
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Did you drink?
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Na'á ke inu?
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Yes I drank.
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'Io, na'á ku inu.
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What is na'a?
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na'a is the past tense marker only when used with the subject pronoun. Except in the negative construction, na'a always immediately precedes the subject pronoun.
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What is ku?
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Ku is the subject pronoun I only in the past tense
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Did you eat?
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Na'á ke kai?
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Did you study?
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Na'á ke ako?
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Did you drink?
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Na'á ke inu?
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Did you come?
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Na'á ke ha'u?
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Did you stand?
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Na'á ke tu'u?
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Did you speak?
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N'á ke lea?
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Did you go?
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Na'á ke 'alu?
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Did you sit down?
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Na'á ke tangutu?
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Answer affirmatively in Tongan -
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'Io, na'á ku (verb).
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you
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ke
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I (preposed)
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ku
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past tense marker for subject pronouns
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na'a
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Did they eat bread?
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Na'a nau kai ma?
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Yes, they ate bread.
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'Io, na'a nau kai ma.
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Did he drink kava?
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Na'á ne inu kava?
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No, he just drank water.
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'Ikai, na'á ne inu vai p˜e.
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What is p˜e
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'only, merely, simply, just, exactly' limits and intensifies "the idea conveyed by the word it qualifies ... its function is to eliminate other suggestions or possibilities. It is often used indiscriminately however, by Tongans. Sometines it is untranslatable."
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I drank only water.
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Na'á ku inu vai p˜e.
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They just studied language.
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Na'a nau ako lea p˜e
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Did you study language?
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Na'á ke ako lea?
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Did you drink water?
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Na'á ke inu vai?
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I ate fish.
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Na'á ku kai ika.
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I studied language.
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Na'á ku ako lea.
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Did he drink soda?
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Na'á ne inu sota?
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He ate beef.
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Na'á ne kai pulu.
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Did the eat sweet potato?
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Na'a nau kai kumala?
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They studied language
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Na'a nau ako lea.
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Did you drink kava?
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Na'á ke inu kava?
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I drank kava
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Na'á ku inu kava.
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He ate only chicken.
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Na'á ne kai moa p˜e
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ika
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fish
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'ikai
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no, not
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kava
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national drink of Tonga
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kumala
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sweet potato
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ma
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bread
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moa
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chicken
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nau
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they (preposed plural)
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ne
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he, she, it
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pulu
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beef, cow, bull
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sota
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soda
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'ufi
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yam
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