| A | B |
| Ia ora na | Bonjour-Hello |
| E aha tõ'oe huru? | Comment vas-tu? / How are you? |
| Mea maita'i au. | Je vais bien / I'm fine |
| O vai tõ'oe i'oa? | Quel est ton nom? What's your name? |
| E tõ'oe i'oa fãnau? | What's your maiden name? |
| E tõ'oe pa'era'a? | What's your family name? |
| Te i'oa o te tãne? | What's your husband's first name? |
| E aha tã'oe e hina'aro? | What do you want? |
| Te hina'aro nei au i... | Je veux.../ I want |
| Te haere ra 'oe i hea? | Où vas-tu? Where are you going? |
| Te haere nei au i ... | Je vais... / I'm going........ |
| I hea 'oe e fa'aea (noho) ai? | Where do you live? |
| Te noho nei au i ... | J'habites à.../ I live in.... |
| E hia matahiti tõ'oe? | Quel âge as-tu?/ How old are you? |
| E ................matahiti tõ'u. | J'ai ...........ans. / I'm ... years old. |
| E aha tõ'oe mahana fanaura'a? | What's your birthdate? |
| Ua fanauhia e au i ..... | Je suis né le...../ I was born the ... |
| O vai tõ 'oe na metua? | Who are your parents? |
| O Jimmie rãua o Donna tõ'u na metua. | My parents are Jimmie et Donna |
| aita e fifi | Pas de problème / no problem |
| tãua | toi et moi / you and I |
| mãua | lui et moi / he and I |
| 'orua | vous deux / you two |
| rãua | eux deux / them two |
| tãtou | vous et moi / you and I |
| mãtou | eux et moi / they and I |
| 'outou | vous / you |
| rãtou | eux / them |
| O Curt au a Robinson | My name is Curt Robinson |
| E 'orometua ha'api'i au | Je suis professeur-I'm a teacher |
| au | je - I = après/after (e) and (i) |
| vau | je- I = après/after (a), (o), (u). |
| 'oe | tu - you sgl. fam. |
| 'ona | il ou elle / he or she |
| o'ia | il ou elle / he or she |
| tãtou | nous / we |
| mãtou | nous / we |
| Ua + verbe + sujet + complément | pour composer le passé/past |
| Te + verbe + nei + sujet + complément | pour composer le présent/present |
| E + verbe + sujet + complément | pour composer le futur/future |
| monire | lundi / monday |
| mahana piti | mardi / tuesday |
| mahana toru | mercredi/wednesday |
| mahana maha | jeudi/thursday |
| mahana pae | vendredi/friday |
| faraire | vendredi/friday (argot/slang) |
| mahana mã'a | samedi/saturday |
| tãpati | dimanche/sunday |
| tenuare | janvier/january |
| fepuare | février/february |
| mãti | mars/march |
| 'eperera | avril/april |
| me | mai/may |
| tiunu | juin/june |
| tiurai | juillet/july |
| 'atete | août/august |
| tetepa | septembre/september |
| nõvema | novembre/novembre |
| titema | décembre/december |
| 'atopa | octobre/october |
| hõ'e | un/one |
| piti | deux/two |
| toru | trois/three |
| maha | quatre/four |
| pae | cinq/five |
| ono | six/six |
| hitu | sept/seven |
| va'u | huit/eight |
| iva | neuf/nine |
| 'ahuru | dix/ten |
| 'ahuru ma hõ'e | onze/eleven |
| 'ahuru ma piti | douze/twelve |
| 'ahuru ma toru | treize/thirteen |
| 'ahuru ma maha | quatorze/fourteen |
| 'ahuru ma pae | quinze/fifteen |
| 'ahuru ma ono | seize/sixteen |
| 'ahuru ma hitu | dix-sept/seventeen |
| 'ahuru ma va'u | dix-huit/eighteen |
| 'ahuru ma iva | dix-neuf/nineteen |
| piti 'ahuru | vingt/twenty |
| toru 'ahuru | trente/thirty |
| maha 'ahuru | quarante/forty |
| pae 'ahuru | cinquante/fifty |
| ono 'ahuru | soixante/sixty |
| hitu 'ahuru | soixante-dix/seventy |
| va'u 'ahuru | quatre-vingt/eighty |
| iva 'ahuru | quatre-vingt-dix/ninety |
| hãnere | cent/one hundred |
| hanere hõ'e | cent et un/one hundred and one |
| tauatini | mille/thousand |
| toma | virgule/comma |
| miriã | milliard/million |
| po mare | nuit de tousse/night of coughing |
| pehes | chansons/songs |
| mate | la mort/death |
| mara | aigre/bitter |
| pae | coté/side |
| taata | homme/man |
| ia | poisson/fish |
| puaa | cochon/hog |
| Rohu atua | history of the gods |
| Taaroa | creator of all things |
| manunu | cramped-weariness |
| aufau fetii | family geneologies |
| mo'a | sacré/sacred |
| po | nuit/night |
| mare | toussant/coughing |
| tahua | prêtre/priest |
| manu | oiseau/bird |
| fare | maison/house |
| pure | prière/prayer |
| arii | roi/king |
| tane | male/male |
| vahine | femelle/female |
| fetia | étoile/star |
| fenua | pays/country |
| tamaroa | garçon/boy |
| tamahine | fille/girl |
| varua | esprit/spirit |
| fatu | seigneur/lord |
| raau | arbre/tree |
| te hora | l'heure/the time |
| E aha te hora? | Quelle heure est il?/What time is it? |
| Ua hora 3 ti'a. | It's 3 o'clock |
| teie | this (close to locutor) |
| tenã | that (close to interlocutor) |
| tera | that(far from locutor and interlocutor) |
| tahara'a mahana | 12:00-16:00 in the afternoon |
| tapera'a mahana | 16:00-17:00 in the afternoon |
| topara'a mahana | 17:00-18:00 in the evening |
| ahiahi | 18:00-18:30 in the evening |
| marupo | 18:30-19:00 in the evening |