Nathaniel Paul

The Tongan word for money is paʻanga. paʻanga is a noun used to refer to currency.

koe is the Tongan subject pronoun used to mean ‘you’. koe is used as a subject pronoun to refer to the person being spoken to.

The Tongan word for “great” is lahi.

The Tongan verb for “hurry” is fakavave.

The Tongan word for “whale” is tofoʻā. The term tofoʻā is used to refer to a whale, a large sea mammal.

The Tongan word for white person is pālangi. pālangi is the standard term used to refer to any person of light skin or Western origin.

The Tongan phrase for “no thanks” is ʻikai mālō. ʻikai mālō is a common way to decline an offer or a gift.

In Tongan, ‘thank you’ is expressed as mālō.

The Tongan word for baby is pēpē. pēpē refers to a very young human being.