“ Si'oto'ofa Talamatangi:
'Oku malie lahi 'a e fifili mo e tanaki masani kuo fai pea 'oku ou fakamalo atu ai. 'Oku fakamo'oni tonu fau ho'o fifili mo e tanaki ki he'eku fakamatala / komeni nounou fekau'aki mo e ta'anga hiva kakala mohu ni, 'o tautefito ki he liliu lea, 'a ia na'a ku taukave 'a e 'uhinga 'oku faingata'a fau ke liliu ha lea / tala / language [mo e fonua / culture] ki he taha, 'o 'uhinga 'oku kehe 'a e fuo, uho mo e 'uhinga 'o e ngaahi lea [mo e fonua] takitaha. 'Oku 'asi lelei 'eni hono liliu 'a e lea [mo e fonua] Mauli ki he lea [mo e fonua] 'Ingilisi ki he lea [mo e fonua] Tonga, 'o hange tofu pe ko e ngaahi faingata'a ko ia kuo ke he'aki mo talaki.
'Oku ou fie fakamahino heni ko hono "tatau mo'oni" [true / original copy] 'o e fo'i ta'anga hiva kakala fakaMauli 'a ia 'oku taha pe mo 'iloa ko e: "Pokarekare Ana" he lea Mauli KA ko hono liliu ko e: "Stormy Waters" he lea 'Ingilisi mo e: "Vai Houfonua" he lea Tonga ko e "fakaofiofi" pe KA E 'ikai ko e "tatau tofu" pe. 'Oku to e hange tofu pe ko 'ene tu'u honau hingoa takitaha he lea Mauli, lea 'Ingilisi mo e lea Tonga ko e: "Pokarekare Ana," "Stormy Waters" mo e "Vai Houfonua" -- pea 'ikai ko ia pe ka e to e ha mahino hono liliu 'a e "Whati whati taku pene," "My pen is shattered" mo e "'Eku peni kuo maha" he kohi / laini 1, kohi / kupu 3, mei he lea fakaMauli ki he lea faka'Ingilisi ki he lea fakaTonga.
'E to e 'asi lelei 'eni 'o kapau te ke liliu 'a e "Pokarekare Ana" mei he lea 'Ingilisi ko e "Stormy Waters" ki he lea Tonga, 'a ia 'oku ou fakapapau'i he 'ikai tatau mo 'eku liliu fakaTonga ko e "Vai Houfonua," 'o hoko 'a e kehekehe 'eta liliu fakaTonga fakatouloua ko e "fakaofiofi" pe ki hono "tatau mo'oni" he lea Mauli ko e "Pokarekare Ana."
Fakatokanga'i ange na'e liliu 'a e lea faka'Ingilisi ko e: "My pen is shattered" ki he lea fakaTonga ko e: "'Eku peni kuo maha" [kohi 1, kupui 3] ke mita hono silapa 'o e kohi 1-4, kupu 3, 'a ia 'oku faka'osi "a" kotoa 'a e ngaahi kohi mo e kupu kotoa, 'a ia he 'ikai faka'osi tatau mo e ngaahi lea kuo ke fokotu'u mai ko e: havehave, momo mo e moefeefe ka e tukukehe pe 'a e lea ko e: mafoafoa. 'Oku 'ikai kainga ha peni 'oku maumau ["shattered" pen] mo e havehave, momo, mafoafoa mo e moefeefe -- 'a ia 'oku ofi ia he maumau 'a ha hina -- KA 'oku kainga ange ia mo e maha, mafahi mo e motu 'a ha peni. Neongo 'e mafahi mo motu ha peni 'e ke i lavanoa pe 'o fai'aki ha tohi 'a e vaitohi [ink], 'o tukukehe ka maha [empty] 'a e vaitohi he 'ikai to e lava ha tohi ha me'a, pea ko 'ene toki "shattered" mo'oni taha ia.
A shattered pen can also be an empty pen and, by the same token, a broken pen ...
'Ofa mo'oni mo e manatu vivili,
Hufanga ”