Lea Faka-Tonga · Drills

Where the describing word goes

This is a practice drill from the free 52-lesson Tongan course. The course reaches for it in lesson 3, descriptive words, where it runs inside the lesson as well as on this page, rated beginner.

Describing words follow the verb (sing well); faʻa is the one that goes before.

A typical item reads: Say: I sing well. Each item hands you the English and asks you to build the Tongan, and a wrong build is shown beside the sentence the grammar wants.

One from the deck: ʻOku ou ___ ___. The answers offered are hiva lelei, lelei hiva.

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