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Three Basic Pepeke Comparison Practice #1

Translation practice comparing the three basic pepeke: 34 sentences to translate Hawaiian → English and back, with notes. The vocabulary list and the notes on transitive and intransitive verbs are open to everyone.

An Introduction to Kāhulu

Kāhulu are describing words, and in Hawaiian they follow what they describe: «he pahu nui», a big box. Kāhulu memeʻa and kāhulu iʻoa, combining them, reading kāhulu back into English, what the name means, and compound words. Members get the summary examples with breakdowns.

Kāhulu Basics Practice #1

Three kinds of kāhulu practice: choose the better word order for eight phrases, find the meaning of the kāhulu in eight compound words, and divide, mark and translate eight sentences.

Numbers, An Introduction (0–10)

Hawaiian numbers 0–10 and their four forms: base numbers for counting and reading out digits, quantity numbers used as kaʻi (hoʻokahi, ʻelua…), and numbers used as kāhulu for position and quantity. Members continue with lessons on quantity kaʻi, higher numbers and numbers as kāhulu.

Numbers in Hawaiian: 10 to 10 Million

How Hawaiian numbers are built from 10 to 10 million: ʻumi, iwakālua, kana-, the infix -kūmā-, haneli, kaukani and miliona, with the traditional groupings kauna, kaʻau, lau and mano, and a chart of the numbers 0–99.

Māka Painu: Tense Markers in Hawaiian, Part I

How Hawaiian shows tense with māka painu: ua, ke … nei, ke … ala, e … ana, e, mai, o, ke and inā, with a table of examples for action verbs and statives. Members get eight more example sentences, including if-then sentences.

Papani and Māka Painu Practice #1

Twelve English sentences to translate into Hawaiian using personal pronouns (papani) and tense markers (māka painu), with vocabulary help and an answer key, then back into English.

Introduction to Kinoʻō and Kinoʻā Possession in Hawaiian

How possession works in Hawaiian: kinoʻō (o-class) and kinoʻā (a-class) possessives, chosen by the relationship of the owner to the item owned, with the first six possessive kaʻi (koʻu, kou, kona, kaʻu, kāu, kāna). Members get the category tables with examples and a 16-item practice.

Reference Sheet for the First Six Basic Pepeke

The six pepeke patterns of Level 1B (Pepeke Henua, Painu ʻAʻano, Painu Hamani and Hehele, ʻAike He and ʻAike ʻO): what each one tells us, how it starts, which markers it takes, and examples in Hawaiian, Pidgin and English, with a short glossary of pepeke terms.

The Eight Basic Pepeke Types

An overview of the first eight pepeke patterns, from Pepeke Henua and the three Pepeke Painu to Pepeke ʻAike He and ʻO and the possessive Pepeke Nonoʻa He, Huahelu and No/Na, with the poʻo, piko and ʻawe of each pattern and many example sentences.

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