Using basic tense/aspect markers and personal pronouns: a translation exercise with vocabulary hints and answers.
Instructions
- Translate each of the following English sentences into Hawaiian. Put slashes between poʻo, piko, and ʻawe of your answers.
- Vocabulary hints are given below.
- Tap each sentence to check your answer. Try your best not to look at the answers until you are done.
- Let this exercise sit for a little while so you have a chance to start forgetting what you did going from English to Hawaiian. Then switch to “Hawaiian → English”, re-write the Hawaiian sentences by hand on a separate sheet of paper (you can optionally leave in or remove the slashes), and translate each one into English.
Vocabulary Help
Actions
- to bake something
- puhi
- to build something
- kūkulu
- to draw something
- kahakiʻi
- to eat something
- ʻai
- to feed something
- hānai
- to fly something
- hoʻolele
- to give something
- hāʻawi
- to go by car
- holo
- to kick something
- peku
- to play
- pāʻani
- to read something
- heluhelu
- to send something
- hoʻouna
- to watch something
- nānā
Other words and phrases
- a book
- kekahi puke
- a treehouse
- kekahi hale kumulāʻau
- afterwards
- ma hope
- on Saturday
- ma ka Pōʻaono
- on Tuesday
- ma ka Pōʻalua
- some pictures
- kekahi mau kiʻi
- the backyard
- ka pā hale
- the ball
- ke kinipōpō
- the boat
- ka moku
- the dog
- ka ʻīlio
- the kite
- ka lupe
- the park
- ka pāka
- the pencil
- ka penikala
- the zoo
- ke kahua holoholona
- these cookies
- kēia mau kuki
- this gift
- kēia makana
- this lunch
- kēia ʻaina awakea
- this morning (past)
- ke kakahiaka nei
- this paper
- kēia pepa
- thoseAF cartoons
- ia mau kākuni
- together with
- me (ʻami)
- very delicious
- ʻono loa
- yesterday
- i nehinei
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ʻŌlelo Online Virtual Classroom · kumu Kaliko Beamer-Trapp · Practice revision 3 (August 2026)