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Below are the main categories of content on ʻŌlelo Online and the lessons contained therein. Start with the lowest numbers in each category, work your way up, and most important of all, have fun!
Video Lessons (Hawaiian Grammar Explained)
- 0401V Pronunciation #1: The Alphabet
- 0402V Pronunciation #2: Macrons
- 0403V Pronunciation #3: The Glottal Stop
- 0501V Spelling Hawaiian Words in Hawaiian
- 0503V Traditional Hawaiian Number Groups
- 0504V Numbers Zero and One, Quantity and Question
- 0505V Hawaiian Number Prefixes #1: ʻA-, ʻE-
- 0506V Using Numbers #1
- 0601V The Kaʻi Determiners #1: He
- 0602V The Kaʻi Determiners #2: Ka, Ke
- 0603V The Kaʻi Determiners #3: Kekahi
- 0604V Memeʻa Content Words
- 0605V Iʻoa Proper Nouns #1
- 0606V ʻAmi Particles #1: i, ma
- 0607V ʻAmi Particles #2: me, i, iā
- 0608V The Kaʻi Determiners #4: kēlā, kēnā, kēia
- 0609V Nonoʻa Possessive Kaʻi #1
- 0702V Papani Pronouns #1: Au, ʻOe, ʻO ia
- 0703V Papani Pronouns #2: Kāua and Māua
- 0800V The Pepeke #1: Sentence Parts
- 0801V Pepeke Henua Locational Sentences #1
- 0802V Pepeke Henua Locational Sentences #2
- 0502V Hawaiian Number Basics: From 1 to 100
Grammar and Structure Lessons
- 0601G Kaʻi #1 Introductory Lesson Worksheet
- 0602G Kaʻi #2 Lesson Worksheet
- 0514G Telling Time On The Hour
- 0515G Time on the Half Hour
- 0516G Time on the Quarter Hour
Books & Texts (Reading and Listening Practice)
- 3401B He Moʻolelo Pōkole: Introduction
- 3401B He Moʻolelo Pōkole #1
- 3401B He Moʻolelo Pōkole #2
- 3302T No Ke Kāmelopadi #1
- 3301T Pōʻino i ka Lio
Practice Haʻawina (Questions & Answers)
- 0401P Pronunciation Practice: Vowels
- 0402P Pronunciation Practice: Kahakō
- 0403P Pronunciation Practice: ʻOkina
- 0404P Hakalama Practice Audio
- 0801P Pepeke Henua Practice #1
- 0801P Pepeke Henua Practice #2
- 0901P Practice Describing Things #1
- 0902P ʻAilāʻau The Forest Eater
- 3807P Translation Exercise KLH59
Quizzes (Assessments of Progress)
- 0902-Q1 Vocabulary Quiz #1 for ʻAilāʻau Story
- 0608-Q1 Cumulative Quiz for Kaʻi
- 0602-Q1 Ka and Ke Quiz #1
- 0604-Q1 Memeʻa Quiz #1
- 0604-Q2 Memeʻa Quiz #2
- 0604-Q3 Memeʻa Quiz #3
- 0604-Q4 Memeʻa Quiz #4
- 0604-Q5 Memeʻa Quiz #5
- 0627-Q1 Nonoʻa Quiz on Kinoʻō and Kinoʻā #1
- 0627-Q2 Nonoʻa Quiz on Kinoʻō and Kinoʻā #2
- 0502-Q1 Numbers Quiz: Matching 0-10
- 0720-Q1 Sentence Comprehension Quiz #1
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Exploration of Hawaiian Language and Culture
- 0502E Thoughts on the Number Twenty
- 0716E Merry Christmas and Happy New Year in Hawaiian
- 5102E Dog In A Wetsuit
- 5101E E Kōkua i nā Kūpuna ʻElua ʻo Pepeke ʻAike He a me Pepeke ʻAike ʻO
- 1601E Hawaiian Pidgin English: A Brief History
- 5103E Kalaiwa: Hamani or Hehele?
Topics Entertainment CD Help
- 0312A Disc One: Basic Articles
- 0313A Disc One: Hakalama
- 0314A Disc One: Greetings
- 0323A Disc Two: Describing Things
- 0324A Disc Two: The Future Tenses
- 0331A Disc Three: Maui Vocabulary
- 0332A Disc Three: Sentence Subject Using Common Nouns
- 0333A Disc Three: Introducing Plural Article "Nā"
- 0335A Disc Three: Past Tense
- 0336A Disc Three: Because
- 0342A Disc Four: Oʻahu Vocabulary
- 0343A Disc Four: First-Person Pronoun "I" & Times of Day
- 0344A Disc Four: More Number Practice
- 0345A Disc Four: Second Person Pronoun "You"
- 0346A Disc Four: Using "i" for Destination
- 0352A Disc Five: Kauaʻi Vocabulary
- 0353A Disc Five: How to say where something is from
- 0354A Disc Five: Using "kekahi" and "kekahi mau"
- 0355A Disc Five: Direct Object Marker "iā"
- 0356A Disc Five: In Front, Behind
- 0387A Disc Eight: Quiz For Disc Five (Kauaʻi)
- 0362A Disc Six: Molokaʻi Vocabulary
- 0363A Disc Six: Something is Somewhere
- 0364A Disc Six: On Top and Underneath "i luna" and "i lalo"
- 0365A Disc Six: Showing Time Using "ma mua" and "ma hope"
- 0372A Disc Seven: Lānaʻi Vocabulary
- 0373A Disc Seven: Parts of the Body
- 0374A Disc Seven: How to Say "Should" In Hawaiian Using "E"
- 0375A Disc Seven: Common Colors (Colours)
- 0376A Disc Seven: Days and Months
- 0381A Disc Eight: Review of Expressions
- 0382A Disc Eight: Moving Parts of a Sentence Around
- 0383A Disc Eight: Yes/No Question Intonation
- 0384A Disc Eight: Quiz for Disc Two (Hawaʻi)
- 0385A Disc Eight: Quiz for Disc Three (Maui)
- 0386A Disc Eight: Quiz For Disc Four (Oʻahu)
- 0388A Disc Eight: Quiz For Disc Six (Molokaʻi)
- 0389A Disc Eight: Quiz For Disc Seven (Lānaʻi)
- 0310A Disc One: Introduction
- 0322A Disc Two: Hawaiʻi Vocabulary
- 0321A Disc Two: Hawaiʻi Island Story
- 0351A Disc Five: Kauaʻi Story
- 0371A Disc Seven: Lānaʻi Story
- 0330A Disc Three: Maui Story
- 0361A Disc Six: Molokaʻi Story
- 0341A Disc Four: Oʻahu Story
- 0311A Disc One: Pronunciation
- 0334A Disc Three: Sentence Subject Using Proper Nouns
Reference Section
- 0699R Hawaiian Parts Of Speech
- 1601R A Glossary of Hawaiian Words in Hawaiian Pidgin English
- 0403R How To Write The ʻOkina
- Photos of Kaliko Beamer-Trapp
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