Since / after

This is a practice drill from the free 52-lesson Tongan course. The course reaches for it in lesson 42, time expressions, where it runs inside the lesson as well as on this page.

talu (since) and hilí (after) for time clauses, including the ʻa-marking rule.

Every item asks the same thing: Which opener fills the blank? 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.

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