Lea Faka-Tonga · Drills

any basket, a basket, or THE basket?

This is a practice drill from the free 52-lesson Tongan course. The course reaches for it in lesson 18, definiteness and the definitive accent, where it runs inside the lesson as well as on this page.

Three levels: ha (any one), e (a particular one), e + stress on the last vowel (the one you both know).

Every item asks the same thing: Which level of definiteness fits the context? Each item shows a line of Tongan and a short row of answers to tap. Right or wrong, the drill then says why that answer is the one the grammar wants.

Read lesson 18 · Take the lesson 18 quiz · All practice drills

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