How To Say My, Your, His, Her (koʻu, kou, kona) — Video Lesson 0609V
Introduction
This 16 minute video will introduce you to the first three possessive kaʻi which you will be using every day you speak Hawaiian! These first three are koʻu, kou, and kona – my, your, and his/her.
Level Check
Even though it is not absolutely required, 0608V The Kaʻi Determiners #4: kēlā, kēnā, kēia might be a good video to watch before this one if you haven’t done so already; it introduces kēlā, kēnā, and kēia. You will want to do 0801V Pepeke Henua Locational Sentences #1 first for certain, however, because weʻll use Pepeke Henua in this video to do some practice.
Discussion
Although I do not mention it in the video, the real name for possessive kaʻi is kaʻi nonoʻa. If you are studying Hawaiian for a class, then you should probably remember this. Otherwise, you can ignore the terminology for the time-being, and focus on just remembering the words themselves!
Hawaiian possessives have a quality which sets them quite apart from English ones: they come in two “classes”: “a” and “o”. This kinoʻā and kinoʻō concept will be explained in detail in video 0613V (not yet available). For now, however, I will only use the o-class possessives so that we have less to try to understand all at one time. If you learn the o-class possessives well enough, you will find the a-class a breeze!
Be sure to practice these three new kaʻi in your daily lives. You want them in your long-term memory, as soon as possible! :)
Next Steps
Next up will be 0610V Nonoʻa Possessive Kaʻi #2: Dual Possessive Kaʻi (not yet available).
Paʻa ka manaʻo
(the idea is made firm)
– Kaliko
Video Outline
- Review of kēlā, kēnāand kēia
- Review of Pepeke Henua locational sentences
- Introduction to possessive determiners (kaʻi nonoʻa)
- koʻu = my
- kou = your
- kona = his or her
- Review and guide to practice
- Next Up
Length: 16 minutes
Video Stream for Desktop and Mobile
- Please log in to activate the video player.
Video Help
Streaming or Downloading Videos
All videos are now streamed from our providerʻs servers directly to your device, and the correct version for your device will automatically be selected. This means that this video should play on all Macs, Windows PCs, iPads, iPhones, and most Android or similar devices. Most up-to-date web browsers on both desktops and mobile devices should be able to play the files. The only requirement is that you be connected to the internet in order to view the videos.
Note that you may have to wait up to 30 seconds on a medium speed connection for the video to load enough to play.
If you wish to download any of the videos for offline use, please use our Contact Us Form to request download links.