CH2A Level 2, Part A

Beyond The Basics And Into Conversation

Refine the basics and start understanding and producing short- to medium-length sentences, as your ear gets used to spoken Hawaiian.

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi about 10% of the time

See a class in action

A new CH2A sampler video is coming soon.

Is this course for you?

  • You’re comfortable with the CH1A and CH1B topics.
  • You want to move from patterns into real conversation.
  • You’re ready to hear some ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi used in class.

Before you start: The CH1A and CH1B topics.

What you’ll learn

  • Pepeke Nonoʻa He (“something has a something”)
  • A-class and o-class possession
  • Kāhulu Iʻoa and Kāhulu Nonoʻa
  • More ʻawe types
  • Telling time to the second
  • Directionals (hunekuhi)
  • Pepeke Makua and Pepeke Keiki
  • Conditionals (if… then)
  • Conjunctions (kuʻina pepeke)
  • Saying when and whenever
  • Loaʻa, lilo and maopopo
  • Deeper prosody

Tuesday Sections

You sign up for the course, not a Section. Join whichever one suits you each week.

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SectionClass time (Hawaiʻi)Your time ·
Section 1Tue 12:00 pm
Section 2Tue 2:00 pm
Section 3Tue 5:30 pm

Hawaiʻi doesn’t change its clocks, so your local time may shift by an hour when yours change. Full schedule

Inside every class

Community Building TimeEach class opens with about twelve minutes for classmates to talk together in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi, at whatever level you’re at, in a friendly, judgement-free space. Kumu Kaliko listens in and sends word hints in the chat.
Live teaching, then recordingsThe rest of the hour is live instruction. Every Section is recorded and posted with the combined class notes within 24 hours.
Your Kaiāulu course SpaceVideos, lesson PDFs and homework live in your course’s private Space, where you can also chat with classmates between classes.
“If you identify as a kanaka maoli, I can’t recommend his work enough… and if you identify as something else, his class welcomes EVERYONE!”
ʻIolani · California

Not sure CH2A is your level? A short level check is on its way. For now, our guide will point you to the right course.

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