Lesoni Ua

Sentence Structure

How many directionals are there?

13 total

What do adverbial modifiers do?

it modifies the verb

Ad. Mod.) - good/well

lelei

(Ad. Mod.) - A lot/big

lahi

(Ad. Mod.) - ʻaupito

very

(Ad. Mod.) - siʻisiʻi

a little/small

(Ad. Mod.) - fuʻu

double on other/AM(really)

(Ad. Mod.) - atu

towards you

(Ad. Mod.) - Mai

towards me

(Ad. Mod.) - Fuoloa

Long time

(Ad. Mod.) - Vave

Quickly

(Directionals) - ‘i  (he)

in/ at /on (the)

(Directionals) - ki (he)

to  (the) 

(Directionals) - kia (ka)

to (Peoples names only)

(Directionals) - Mo (e)

with or with the

(Directionals) - Mei (he)

from or from the

(Directionals) - Kiate

to, towards (ki when using posposed pronouns)

(Directionals) - ʻiate

in, with, at (ʻi when using postposed pronouns)

(Directionals) - Meiate

From (mei when using postposed pronouns)

(Directionals) - he

he is a directional used with Saiʻia (like) sentences for everything that is NOT a proper name. ex. ʻoku ou saiʻia he meʻakai (I like the food)

(Directionals) - ʻia

ʻia is a directional used with Saiʻia (like) sentences when the directional is a proper name. ex. Naʻa ne saiʻia ʻia sofie. (He liked Sofie)

(Directionals) - ʻa

ʻa is a directional used when there is NO preposed pronouns and the directional is to a name. ex. Did josh go to the market today? Naʻe alu ʻa josh ki he maketi aho ni?

(Directionals) - ʻa e or e

ʻa e (the) is a directional used when there is NO preposed pronouns and the directional is to a title/subjects ex. Did the little girl go to the market?  Naʻe alu ʻa e taʻahine siʻisiʻi ki he maketi?

(Directionals) - ʻO or ʻO e

meaning of the - JESS CAN YOU CHECK THIS LAST ONE

Ngaahi Lanu

Colors also called (go with nouns - they go WITH nouns)

Red

Kulokula

Orange

Moli

Yellow

‘Enge’enga

Green

 Lanu Mata

Blue

Pulū

Violet/Purple 

Vaioleti

Black

‘Uli’uli

White

Hinehina

Pink

Pingiki

Brown

Melomelo

Gold

Koula

Silver

Siliva