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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Tongan

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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.

A traditional Tongan outrigger canoe on the water at Vavaʻu, Tonga
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
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Tauʻolunga, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Tongan phrases in this lesson

ʻOku ʻi ai haʻo...?OH-koo ee ai ha-OH
Do you have...?
Ko fē ʻa e...?koh feh ah eh
Where is...?
ʻOku avaOH-koo AH-va
Open
ʻOku tāpuniOH-koo taa-POO-nee
Closed
Fiemaʻu ha tangai?fee-eh-mah-OO ha tang-AI
A bag?

A cashier asking whether you need a bag.

Fuʻu totongi mamafafoo toh-TONG-ee ma-MAH-fa
Too expensive
Kuo ʻosi puka hoku lokikoo-oh OH-see POO-ka HOH-koo LOH-kee
I have a reservation

A room booked in advance.

ʻOku kau ʻa e kai pongipongi?OH-koo kau ah eh kai pong-ee-PONG-ee
Is breakfast included?
Ko e hā e lea fakapulipuli ʻo e Wi-Fi?koh eh haa eh LEH-ah fa-ka-poo-lee-POO-lee oh eh WAI-fai
What's the wifi password?
ʻE lava ke u...?eh LAH-va keh oo
Can I...?

Where Tongan is spoken

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