Basic Family Words in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
Seventy everyday Hawaiian words and short expressions to use with family and friends, from kākou to ʻāwīwī!, with search and practice modes. By Kaliko and Leiloke.
Resources
Hawaiian Alphabet and Spelling
An introduction to the Hawaiian alphabet: the five pure vowels, the eight consonants including the ʻokina, the kahakō, how sounds have changed across Polynesia, Hawaiian words still used in Pidgin English, and a short reading passage from 1834 with a translation.
Hawaiian Vocabulary: Kikino Level One
About 150 everyday Hawaiian nouns (kikino) for beginners, grouped by topic: animals, sea things, birds, plants, food, people, the environment, home, school, music, transportation, clothing and more.
Hawaiian Vocabulary: Simple Action Verbs
36 everyday Hawaiian action words for making practice sentences, grouped by who or what does them: mammals, sea animals, birds, plants, food and people.
Kaʻi and Memeʻa
Kaʻi are the words that lead content words, like «he» (a/an) and «ka» and «ke» (the), with the «ke ao» rule for choosing between ka and ke. Members continue with first sentences and a substitution drill, the history of «ka» and «ke», kaʻi in place names, and the four memeʻa.
Kaʻi Practice Basic #1
A fill-in drill for the kaʻi: write «he», «ka» or «ke», and «nā» before 20 everyday nouns, then check your answers. Exceptions to the «ke ao» rule are marked.
First Sentences: A Lesson for Absolute Beginners
Your first Hawaiian sentences: the four kinds of memeʻa (ʻaʻano, kikino, hamani and hehele), common examples, kaʻi+memeʻa pairs like «ka hale» and «kēia lā», and the stative and action sentence patterns. Members get the example sentences.
Basic Sentence Practice: Stative and Action
32 sentences to translate into Hawaiian: 16 stative sentences, then 16 related action sentences that add the kaʻi «ia», with vocabulary hints and an answer sheet to read out loud.
Papani Pronouns, An Introduction
What pronouns do in English, why Hawaiian uses them only for people, and the first three papani: au, ʻoe and ʻoia. Members continue with example sentences, papani in the ʻawe, and papani for two and three or more people.
Papani Table #1 — Hawaiian Personal Pronouns
All the Hawaiian personal pronouns (papani) in one table: singular, dual and plural; inclusive and exclusive; subject (piko) and object (ʻawe) forms.
Introducing Three Basic Pepeke Patterns
The three main kinds of content in the piko and ʻawe, the basic ʻami and their meanings, and three phrase patterns: Pepeke Henua (locational), Pepeke Painu ʻAʻano (stative) and Pepeke Painu Hamani/Hehele (action). Members get the worked examples.
Pepeke Henua Practice: Locational Sentences
Sixteen locational sentences (pepeke henua) to translate from English to Hawaiian and back again, using «aia», «eia» and «ma». The vocabulary list and a note on spelling compound words are open to everyone.