Tryon's Conversational Tahitian

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Chapter 1: Pronunciation Practice
Say each word out loud. Try to pronounce the accents correctly.
44  cards
Chapter 1: Pronunciation of Two Vowel Sequences: Practice
Which four vowel sequences tend t...,
Tapu,
Haere
18  cards
Chapter 1: Distinctions of the Initial VowelLookalike Tahitian Words
Several sets of words in Tahitian are distinguished solely by the manner of articulation of the initial vowel.
22  cards
Chapter 1: Common and Useful Phrases
Ia ora na,
Ia ora na oe,
A haere mai
36  cards
Chapter 1: Syllable and Stress Practice
Poti i,
Tamaiti,
Ta ata
19  cards
Chapter 2: Vocabulary
Te manu,
Te avaava,
Te fare
51  cards
Chapter 2: General and Dual Articles
Write the paradigm for the genera...,
Te,
Te mau
12  cards
Chapter 2: Special Articles
What are the categories of specia...,
Tane,
Vahine
24  cards
Chapter 3: Vocabulary
Pohe,
Ma i,
Ehia
17  cards
Chapter 3: Cardinal Numbers
Ho e tahi,
Piti,
Toru
28  cards
Chapter 3: Ordinal Numbers
What should precede a numeral to ...,
First second third fourth fifth,
When there is a sequence what add...
5  cards
Chapter 3: Enumerations
In tahitian enumerations which ta...,
In response to the question how m...,
What is the proper way to respond...
12  cards
Chapter 3: Tahitian Days and Months
Monire,
Mahana piti,
Mahana toru
29  cards
Chapter 3: Temporal Expressions in Tahitian
I teie nei mahana,
Ananahi,
Inanahi
10  cards
Chapter 4: Vocabulary
Nehenehe,
Purotu,
Roa
29  cards
Chapter 4: Normal Modifiers
What position does the adjective ...,
What happens when a numeral and a...,
What happens in enumeration
6  cards
Chapter 4: Comparatives, Superlatives, and Equality
Rahi,
Roa,
What is the first comparative phr...
9  cards
Chapter 4: Dual and Plural Modifier Forms
What are the dual and plural form...,
What are the dual and plural form...,
What are the dual and plural form...
5  cards
Chapter 4: All, Every, and Āna'e
Which are the four tahitian words...,
When ana e follows the noun or pr...,
When ana e follows the verb what ...
7  cards
Chapter 5: The Demonstrative
Teie,
Tena,
Tera
5  cards
Chapter 6: Vocabulary
Te hoa,
Te upea,
Te hape
25  cards
Chapter 6: Possessive Particles
O class or a class when there is ...,
O class or a class with all parts...,
O class or a class with anything ...
22  cards
Chapter 7: The Pronoun
Give the singular pronouns and th...,
Give the four dual pronouns and t...,
Give the four plural pronouns and...
8  cards
Chapter 8: Vocabulary - Verbs
Haere,
Tama a,
Au
38  cards
Chapter 8: Vocabulary - Nouns
Te matete,
Te vahie,
Te tavana
21  cards
Chapter 8: Formation and Grammar of Tahitian Verbs
Give the normal word order for a ...,
Which construction indicates the ...,
Which construction indicates was ...
18  cards
Chapter 8: Verb Structures
What is the normal word order in ...,
Te verb nei subject,
Te verb ra subject
13  cards
Chapter 9: The Causative Verb
What is the meaning of the causat...,
What are the two causative prefixes,
Tupu to grow
14  cards
Chapter 9: Causative Verbs That Can Take Either Prefix 1
Ha apiha,
Haapoi,
Ha apoto
22  cards
Chapter 9: Causative Verbs That Can Take Either Prefix 2
Haapaapa a,
Hapaputa,
Ha aputu
22  cards
Chapter 9: Passive Forms, Dual Forms, and Intensified Verbs
When a movement or action is perf...,
When an action or movement is rep...,
Which other word may work as an i...
6  cards
Chapter 10: The Negative
Which are the negative particles ...,
Which tenses do aita and aore negate,
What is the word order for the ne...
13  cards
Chapter 11: Verbal Sentence Types - Vocabulary
Te tao a,
Te tavana,
Te tavana rahi
23  cards
Chapter 11: Verbal Sentence Types - Grammar
What is the word order with an in...,
What is the word order with a tra...,
How is a second object or indirec...
7  cards
Chapter 12: Non Verbal Sentences
How common are non verbal sentences,
What is the first type of non ver...,
How can the first type of non ver...
20  cards
Chapter 13: Time and Frequency
Where is the time phrase or adver...,
Unlike the other time phrases fat...,
Inanahi
35  cards
Chapter 14: Location and Direction
In what two positions do location...,
What does i often become in non v...,
When the future tense is indicate...
42  cards
Chapter 15: Optional Phrases
What is the tahitian benefactive,
What are the singular pronoun ben...,
What are the dual pronoun benefac...
19  cards
Chapter 16: Purpose and Clause
What are the four ways to indicat...,
What are two ways the verb ra a c...,
What are the three methods of ind...
3  cards
Chapter 17: Imperatives and Airport Vocabulary
What are the three degrees of imp...,
What are the prohibitive forms of...,
Te tahua taura a manureva
24  cards
Chapter 18: The Interrogative I
What is the interrogative marker ...,
What is the word order in affirma...,
What happens with adverbs with anei
14  cards
Chapter 18: Vocabulary - The Post Office
Te fare rata,
Te ratere,
Hapono
26  cards
Chapter 19: The Interrogative II
What are the three ways to ask th...,
What happens to non verbal senten...,
What is the special construction ...
16  cards
Chapter 19: The Interrogative II - Vocabulary
I hea,
Ho o mai,
Noa
24  cards
Chapter 20: Dependent Sentences I
What are the relative pronouns fo...,
When the main clause contains a v...,
When the verb of a dependent clau...
10  cards
Chapter 20: Dependent Clauses I - Vocabulary
Faaite,
Te haerera a,
Te fare toa
25  cards
Chapter 21: Dependent Sentences II
When why introduces an independen...,
When a dependent when precedes th...,
What are the two possible constru...
13  cards
Chapter 21: Dependent Sentences II - "Copra" Vocabulary
Te puha,
Hamani,
Ha aputu
19  cards
Chapter 22: Special Verbal Forms
How is the reflexive expressed,
How are verbs which are reflexive...,
How is the reciprocal expressed
8  cards
Chapter 22: Special Verbal Forms - Vocabulary "The Market"
Te matete,
I,
Te ma a
22  cards
Chapter 23: Desiderative, Necessitative, Conditional
What is the desiderative,
What is the first way the desider...,
What is the second way that the d...
17  cards
Chapter 23: Desiderative, etc. Vocabulary - "Fishing"
Faaite,
Te huru,
Te ohipa
19  cards
Chapter 24: Conjunctions
Aore ra,
Ia ore ra,
Aita ra
16  cards
Chapter 24: Conjunctions Vocabulary - "Pearl-shell Diving"
Hopu,
Te parau,
Tupu
26  cards
135 "Tahiti" - Vocabulary
Parau,
Tee motu,
Te aihuara au
50  cards
136 "Things to Do in Tahiti" - Vocabulary
E aha te huru,
Faafaaea,
Fe ua
23  cards
137 "Planting Sweet Potatoes" - Vocabulary
Tanu,
Te umara,
T ata
22  cards
138 "The Eel's Hole" - Vocabulary
Te apoo,
Te puhi,
Te aamu
26  cards
139 "The Fourteenth of July" - Vocabulary
Riro,
Te mahana oaoara a,
Te hau
52  cards
140 "Orange-picking" - Vocabulary
Pafa i,
Te anani,
Te fa a
37  cards
141 "The Apetahi Flower" - Vocabulary
Te parau,
Te tiare,
Apetahi
18  cards
142 "House-building" - Vocabulary
Hamani,
Te fare,
Te ni au
23  cards
143 "Fishing with Stones" - Vocabulary
Te tautai,
Taora,
Te ofai
28  cards

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