Help and emergencies in Tongan

The words you hope to never need. Play the ten Tongan words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.

All 10 Tongan phrases in this lesson

Tokoni mai!toh-KOH-nee mai: Help!
Ui ha toketāoo-ee ha toh-keh-TAA: Call a doctor
Polisipoh-LEE-see: Police
Fale talavaiFAH-leh ta-la-VAI: Pharmacy
Falemahakifa-leh-ma-HAH-kee: Hospital
ʻOku ou hēOH-koo oh heh: I'm lost
ʻOku ʻikai ke u ongoʻi leleiOH-koo ee-KAI keh oo ong-OH-ee leh-LAY: I don't feel well
Naʻe kaihaʻasinah-EH kai-ha-AH-see: It was stolen
Ko ha meʻa fakatuʻupakēkoh ha MEH-ah fa-ka-too-pa-KEH: It's an emergency
Tuku auTOO-koo oh: Leave me alone

Where Tongan is spoken

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