Practice

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Twenty possessive phrases such as «ka poi ___ ke kāne» (the poi of the man) to complete with «o» or «a», checked as you go.