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|hello (lit. congrat. on being well, the being in good health is worthy of gratitude)
|hello (lit. congrat. on being well, the being in good health is worthy of gratitude)

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English Tongan
hello (lit. congrat. on being well, the being in good health is worthy of gratitude)  Mālō e lelei
how are you? (fēfē means how, hake is idiomatic with fēfē)  Fēfē hake?
just fine  Sai pē
to be good, to be alright, to be well  Sai
welcome (lit. thanks for coming)  Mālō e lava mai
 response to mālō e lava mai  ‘Io, mālō e tau mo eni
 What’s your name? (ko is an equivalent of the verb to be, hai means which and ho means your. We’ll talk about these later)  Ko hai ho hingoá?
 I am _______  Ko _____ au
 My name is _______  Ko hoku hingoá ko _____
 Goodbye (to the person leaving) (lit. go on)  ‘Alu ā ē
 goodbye (to the person staying) (lit. stay there)  Nofo ā ē
 goodbye (to the persons leaving, plural form of ‘alu ā ē)  Mou ō ā ē
 goodbye (to the persons staying, plural form of nofo ā ē)  Mou nofo ā ē
 goodbye (to one person leaving, formal)  Faka‘au ā ē
 goodbye (to many persons leaving, formal)  Mou faka‘au ā ē
 best wishes (lit. love to you. ‘Ofa means love. It’s much used at the end of letters)  ‘Ofa atu

Sources

https://unilang.org/course.php?res=81#ci-l1greetings