Letʻs review the vocabulary from the story. After you have heard these words a few times each, you might want to try to write them down.
Nā ʻōlelo Pōkole, expressions
- ʻaʻole pilikia – no problem
- kekahi – another
- e ō – yes (in reply)
- e Lani – Hi, Lani
- a ʻo ʻoe? – and as for you?
- ʻaʻohe – none
- kuʻu wahi hoa – my friend (sarcastically)
- ka mua – the first one
- ma luna ou – on top of you (one person)
- naʻu – for me
- nāu – for you
- aia nō a – as soon as, once you . … .
- ʻa ʻo ia! – thatʻs it! OK! let’s go!
- au – me, I
- i hea? – where
- kāua – you and I (2 people)
- pehea? – how is it?
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[/mepr-show]Nā Kikino, or noun-like words
- he pae mauna – mountain range
- he mea – a thing, a person, a thingy
- he kapuaʻi – a foot (measurement, or foot)
- he kanaka – a person
- he kinolau – an alternate body form of a
- he kukui – a candlenut tree, or the nut
- he humuhumunukunukuʻāpuaʻa – a kind of fish, the Hawaiian state fish
- he hala – a pandanus leaf
- he makaʻāinana
- he nalu – a wave
- he hoaaloha – a friend
- he wahine – a woman
- he kāne – a man
- he pāpāʻōlelo – a conversation
- he kanuika – a sandwich
- he hola – an hour
- pō – nighttime, night
- ka lā – daytime, day
- ke kakahiaka – morning
- ke awakea – midday
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[/mepr-show]Nā ʻAʻano, adverbs and adjectives
koke – quickly, soon
kiʻekiʻe – high in altitude; high up; tall
kolohe – naughty, micheivous
lokomaikaʻi – benevolent, kind, generous
nunui – very large, redup. of nui
kūpono – correct, right
pōloli – hungry
hapa – a half
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[/mepr-show]Nā Inoa, proper names
Koʻolau
Waiʻanae
Kaʻala
Kākuhihewa
Kamapuaʻa
Oʻahu
Konahuanui
Waimea
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[/mepr-show]Nā Hamani a me nā Hehele, action words
hoʻolohe – to listen
heʻenalu – to surf
nānā – to look
poʻi – to break, as a wave
hōʻike – to show, to teach
aʻo – to teach or learn
hoʻomaka – to start, to begin
kani – to sound, to make a sound
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[/mepr-show]Nā Huahelu
These are the numbers from one to plenty.
- hoʻokahi – one
- ʻelua – two
- ʻekolu – three
- ʻeha – four
- ʻelima – five
- ʻeono – six
- ʻehiku – seven
- ʻewalu – eight
- ʻeiwa – nine
- ʻumi – ten
- ʻumikūmākahi – eleven
- ʻumikūmālua – twelve
- ʻumikūmākolu – thirteen
- ʻumikūmāhā – fourteen
- ʻumikūmālima – fifteen
- ʻūmikūmāono – sixteen
- ʻumikūmāhiku – seventeen
- ʻūmikūmāwalu – eighteen
- ʻumikūmāiwa – nineteen
- ʻiwakālua – twenty
The following three are taken from English word from a hundred, thousand and million. Repeat after me.
- haneli – hundred
- kaukani – thousand
- miliona – million
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