| Tongan | Meaning | Phonetic |
| Hello, Hi | Malo e Lelei | |
| My name is | Ko hoku hingoa ko | |
| You’re welcome/Okay? | Sai pe ia | |
| Goodbye – you are going | Nofo a | |
| Goodbye – you are staying | Alu a | |
| One | taha | |
| Two | ua | |
| Three | Tolu | |
| Four | Fa | |
| Five | Nima | |
| Six | Ono | |
| Seven | fitu | |
| Eight | Valu | |
| Nine | Hiva | |
| 10 | Hongofulu | |
| Zero | Noa | |
| Yes | Io | E O |
| No | Ikai | E Ki |
| Fork or breast | Huhu | |
| Go | ‘alu | |
| Come | Ha’u | |
| Fight | Fuhu | |
| Look | Sio | |
| Crazy | Fakasesele | |
| i don’t know | ‘ikai keu ‘ilo | |
| Hungry | Fiekaia | |
| See you later | Tau toki sio | |
| Goodnight | Po’uli a | |
| Drink | Inu | |
| Thirsty | Fieinua | |
| Please | Kataki | |
| Come here | Ha’u ki heni | |
| Sorry | Fakamolemole | |
| Shops or store | Falekoloa | |
| Island, crazy, break | Motu | |
| Day | Aho | |
| Night | Po’uli | |
| Rain | ‘uha | |
| Sun | La’aa | |
| Month, moon | mahina | |
| Thunder | Mana | |
| Water | Vai | |
| Beautiful | Faka’ofo’ofa | |
| Food | Me’akai | |
| Movies | Faiva | |
| Beef or ball | Pulu | |
| Lamb | Sipi | |
| Chicken | Moa | |
| Horse | Hoosi | |
| Dog | Kulii | |
| Cat | Pusi | |
| vegetable | Vesitapolo | |
| Carrot | Kaloti | |
| pepper | Polo | |
| Spicy pepper | Polo fifisi | |
| tomatoes | Temata | |
| bean | Piini | |
| lettuce | Letisi | |
| cabbage | Kapisi | |
| apple | Apele | |
| orange | Moli | |
| mangoes | Mango | |
| papaya | Lesi | |
| watermelon | Meleni | |
| https://pacificlearners.co.nz/pacific-education-videos/ or the download the App “Takaua” for audio/videos to help you with pronunciation. Language is contextual: words have multiple meanings. |
