ʻApí: Ko e Tefitoʻi Akoʻangá

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A father and son carrying skateboards as they walk down a wet road.

“ʻOku tau ongoʻi faingataʻaʻia he taimi ʻe niʻihi ke talanoa mahino ʻo kau ki ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni ʻo e ongoongoleleí. Kuo tāpuekina moʻoni kimaua ke ma akoʻi ha ngaahi lēsoni mahuʻinga ki heʻema fānaú ʻi ha ngaahi taimi kehekehe ʻi ha faʻahinga taimi pē. ʻOku lahi ange ʻa e fanga kiʻi taimi akoʻi ʻoku maʻu he ʻahó, ʻi he taimi tukupaú, ko ia ʻokú ma puke ai e ngaahi faingamālie ko iá ke akoʻi ʻema fānaú ki ha ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoni mahuʻinga. Hangē ko ʻení, ʻoku ou akoʻi e faitotonú lolotonga ʻemau fakataú. ʻOku faingofua ange hono ako ʻe heʻeku fānaú e ngaahi tefitoʻi moʻoní ʻi heʻenau sio ki he founga hono fakahokó.”

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A mother and her young daughters sitting together on a sofa. They are looking at a magazine.

“ʻOku ou ʻalu pasi maʻu pē he pongipongi kotoa ʻo ʻave ʻeku ongo tama fefiné ki he akó, pea ʻoku ou maʻu ai ha faingamālie lahi ke mau talanoa. Ne mau fakatokangaʻi kimuí ni mai ha taʻefemahinoʻaki ha husepāniti mo ha uaifi. Ne tafoki vave mai ʻeku ongo tama fefiné ke u fai ha fakamatala. Ka naʻá ku fehuʻi ange pe ko e hā ʻena ongo ki he meʻa ne hokó. Naʻá na pehē ʻokú na fakakaukau ʻoku ʻikai totonu ke lea pehē ha tangata ki hano uaifi. Hili iá, ne mau talanoa kau ki he nofomalí mo e vā fetuʻutakí. Ne iku ʻo fakatupulaki mo langaki moʻui ʻemau fononga pasi miniti ʻe 30.”

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Mother and children making cookies.

“Kuo tokoni mai ʻa e ngaahi taimi akoʻi ʻi ha faʻahinga taimi peé ke lelei ange ʻeku vā fetuʻutaki mo ʻeku fānaú. ʻI heʻemau tangutu ʻi he tēpile kaí ʻo fai ha kiʻi kai maʻamaʻa he tuku ʻa e akó, ʻoku mau talanoaʻi e meʻa ne hoko heʻenau ʻaho akó. ʻOku nau faʻa lea ʻaki ha lea ʻa ha kaungāmeʻa pe ko e ongo ne nau maʻu ʻi ha lea pe meʻa ne fai ʻe ha taha. ʻOku ou lava leva ke fai ha fakamoʻoni fakatāutaha mo aleaʻi e ongo ne maʻu ʻe heʻeku tamá ʻi he tūkunga ko iá. ʻOku ou tui ʻi hono fai ha fealēleaʻaki tauʻatāina he taimi ʻoku fiemālie ai ʻa e fānaú, te nau loto fiemālie ange ke aleaʻi e ngaahi meʻa mahuʻingá ʻi he taimi ʻoku ʻohake aí koeʻuhí ʻoku nau maʻu e falala, pea ʻiloʻi ʻe fanongo ʻenau mātuʻá.”

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Young family in New Zealand. The parents are holding their two boys.

“Ne u ʻiloʻi mo hoku uaifí ko homa ʻuluaki fatongiá ke akoʻi ʻema fānaú kae ʻikai ko e kau takí, ka ʻokú ma fakamālōʻia koeʻuhí ko e meʻa ʻoku nau faí pea ʻokú ma tokoni ʻi he meʻa te ma lavá. ʻOku ʻi ai ha kau taki lelei ʻi homau uōtí ʻoku nau fuʻu tokanga taha ki he toʻu tupú mo e fānaú pea ʻoku nau fai ʻa e lahi taha te nau lavá ke tokoni ke nau sio ki he meʻa te nau malavá ʻo fakatatau ki he meʻa kuo fai ʻe he mātuʻá. Kuó u talanoa mo e pīsopé ʻi he taimi ʻe niʻihi, pea ʻoku ou faʻa fetuʻutaki maʻu pē mo e kau taki ʻo e toʻu tupú ʻoku nau ʻeke mai maʻu pē kau ki heʻeku fānaú mo ʻena fakalakalaká. ʻOku tokoni ʻemau talanoa maʻu pē ki he fakalakalaka ʻo ʻema fānaú ke mahino kiate kimautolu kotoa e founga ke tokoniʻi fakatāutaha ai kinautolú.”

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Man studying the scriptures.

“ʻOku tokoniʻi au ʻe hono ako e folofolá ke u ʻilo ʻa Kalaisi pea mo Hono ngaahi ʻulungāngá ke u hoko ʻo hangē ko Iá. ʻOkú ne ʻomi foki kiate au ha Laumālie lahi ange, ʻa ia ʻokú ne tataki pea akoʻi au ki he founga ʻe lava ke u fakaʻaongaʻi ai ʻa e ngaahi meʻa kuó u akó ke mateuteu ai ke fehangahangai mo e ngaahi faingataʻa ʻo e moʻuí mo e ngaahi ʻahiʻahi ʻe ʻahiʻahiʻi ʻaki au ʻe Sētané. Ka naʻe ʻikai ʻa e ngaahi tāpuaki ko ʻení ʻi heʻeku moʻuí ʻoku ou ʻilo te u tōnounou mei he meʻa te u malava ko ha foha ʻo e ʻOtuá.”