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Basic Tongan Language
Rating: 4.8 out of 5(244 ratings)
1,267 students

Basic Tongan Language

Fundamental Language Principles of Tongan
Created byJoshua Tanner
Last updated 6/2017
English

What you'll learn

  • Speak basic Tongan
  • Know basic Tongan grammar
  • Read Tongan
  • Understand basic Tongan

Course content

1 section • 16 lectures • 1h 28m total length

  • Introduction5:50

    Introductory lesson, speaks to culture, geographic location, and some fun facts. 

  • Alphabet, Pronunciation, Greetings10:46

    Learn the Alphabet, how to pronounce new letters, and learn how to greet someone in Tongan. 

  • Common Vocabulary4:14

    Learn some basic verbs, nouns, and cultural words.

  • Tense Markers4:54

    Learn the 4 Tongan tenses and the words that go with them. 

  • Preposed Pronouns6:50

    Learn pre-posed pronouns. This lesson is absolutely crucial to know, understand, and memorize. 

  • Post Posed Pronouns7:37

    Learn the other set of pronouns. 

  • Prepositions9:13

    Learn Tongan prepositions.

  • 'ikai3:27

    Learn how to use the word for 'no' to say 'not' and 'don't'.

  • Questions6:08

    Who, what, when, where, why? 

  • Questions Continued5:19

    The second half of the previous lesson. 

  • Pluralizers4:30

    Learn how to make words plural in Tongan. 

  • Ko e Ko e3:10

    Learn how to compare two nouns with this basic sentence structure. 

  • Intransitive Sentence Structure2:55

    Learn Intransitive sentences. A sentence with a subject and a verb but no object. 

  • Transitive Sentence Structure5:12

    Learn perhaps the most essential sentence structure in Tongan.  

  • Preposed Possessive Pronouns5:28

    Learn the first set of possessive pronouns. 

  • Course Summary2:30

    This lesson brings the whole course together as a review. 

Requirements

  • No prerequisites

Description

Intended for anyone interested in the Kingdom of Tonga, this course will give you the building blocks to form a foundation in your Tongan language skills. Everything in this course was carefully thought out and organized to give you exactly what you need to know to grasp the Tongan language. The lessons are clear and concise. Whether you don't know a word of Tongan or you grew up with it, you are sure to gain insight from this course. 'Ofa Atu!

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone interested in learning Tongan
  • Missionaries called Tongan Speaking
  • People of Tongan descent
  • Travelers heading to Tonga

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