I'm Mexican and I'm learning the Hawaiian language. I'm very attracted to everything related to Hawaii, I hope to go one day and knowing this beautiful land. Thank you very much for making these videos.
Holà !! So am I ! 🥰 It's been so many years since I had started. I've just decided to start learning again, very seriously this time. 💥 I dream of going there some day too ! ALOHA from France 🌺
Thank you for sharing your precious story! My great-great-grandfather and great-great-grandmother were Hawaiian immigrants and went to Hawaii for three years, where my great-grandfather was born! Apparently they often told their children about their time in Hawaii after returning to Japan. Suo-Oshima Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where I live, is a sister island of Kauai, Hawaii, so I went to Kauai on a school trip when I was in high school! It's a wonderful place, and the memories of my homestay there are treasured! Currently, as Yamaguchi Hometown Ambassadors, we are performing music as a brother-sister duo, spreading love throughout Japan. Recently, my sister and wife have also started learning hula dancing, and I am currently practicing hula and uploading them to UA-cam every day. When I sing hula songs, I am also sending gratitude to my ancestors. Let me attach a video! ua-cam.com/video/cVhqkAXM8g4/v-deo.htmlsi=-hTl34OVwIPIj2CJ
Thank you for these courses...I am doing Duolingo and am getting pretty serious into it. I'm making it a point to watch all your videos so I can learn better. Mahalo nui loa!
@@KeAlohaNoHawaii MAHALO piha !! It really helps a lot on different levels (it helps keeping a steady motivation too). 🥰 A hui hou KĀKOU !!! No Palani au 🌳🌾🌲
Thank you so much for making this video I am part Samoan but I have never learned the language this is helping me learn my native language so thank you so much for showing this💙
Thank you for helping me begin learning the Hawaiian language! I really needed it because I wanna learn more about my Hawaiian culture so I decided to pick it’s language!! ❤️🙏🏾
This is the most helpful video for a person who speaks only European languages and a little bit of sign language. Polynesian languages are so hard for me! Mahalo!
just decided to begin studying Hawaiian! this video really helped me (I decided to learn because my name is Hawaiian and I wanted to learn more about it!)
Laura. A weekly practice video... listening to new Hawaiian sentences and their pronunciation with any additional nuances would be of great help in speaking Hawaiian.
The best video I found about it! Thank you so much. Also, I saw your channel and the content is so on point, straight-forward, practical and grammar-focused, just what I was looking for. Please continue educating! I am very excited to learn ōleo hawai'i! Hugs from Brazil.
Thank you so much. My wife is half Hawaiian, so my children are part Hawaiian, so I take pride on her culture and have been trying to find our families tribal tattoo so I can represent my Ohana.
The kahako functions similar to Filipino words, where enunciation and stress placement changes meaning. Looking forward to revisit this language and once again become fluent in it
I am moving to HI in a month and want to embrace the culture. I am loving learning the language!! Been on duolingo and its so fun! This series explains so much that duolingo doesn't! Mahalo nui❤
woww thank you so much!! i got interested in the hawaiian language and culture since i found out my nickname (nalu) meant "wave" in hawaiian, and i also play ukulele. now i want to learn this language, and your video was soooo helpful as an introduction!! i couldn't thank you enough for that! mahalo !^^
Hi Laura, I was looking for an easy way to review what I learned in high school, way back when... I can across your UA-cam channel, and I have to say you are totally awesome for doing this! Maika'i! Mahalo Nui Loa!
❤🤗😀❤ Love this video! Love to watch many more of these! So intresting to know more. Got intrested in learning the Hawaiin language after I found videos on f.b of some amazing hawaiin dancers perform with both dance and song in the most amazing way. And slso learning that the language was almost lost and still needs more to speak it to keep it alive for the future❤. Keep up the good work!!🤩👍🇸🇪
Mahalo for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🤗. Aren’t the dancers just amazing! I love watching videos on UA-cam of the past Merrie Monarch Festivals.
@@KeAlohaNoHawaii Mahalo to you to for writing back^^ Yeah they are really amazing!😍👍 Me too, It's really amazing and fun to watch them train for it and then compete! Soo mesmerizing! Would love to see a real performance like that someday if I got the chance to go🥰🤗🌟. Want to learn some more hawaiian until then😁👍
I'm from Brazil and a student of hula. I study with Duolingo but this Chanel is beautiful because teaches the grammar and so it's more easy to comprehension de language structure. Thank you very much, Mahalo nui! 🙂
Mahalo for watching! I hope you've had the chance to watch the other videos on my channel. I took a little break for a while, but I just recently release some new vocabulary videos, and hope to post more often this year!
Sorry for the late reply. You know, the way that most people pronounce English words that start with a vowel (e.g. "apple"), that pretty close to creating that 'okina sound. I would say that it's actually hard for English speakers to replicate the sound when the Hawaiian word starts with a vowel without an 'okina -- which requires you to ease into that vowel sound.
You know how some British people say Bu'uh instead Butter or how Americans don't really pronounce the last "t" in "don't", it's just a stop. That stop/glottal stop is the okina. It's a sharp pause/stop between sounds.
Aloha! E ui aku ana au ia oe… Would you mind explaining more behind the accent differences (Lā being a palatal R, Kē being a T, etc…) as I can’t seem to find much about that! Mahalo nui loa ^^
Aloha! Trying to find the "Hawaiian Language Co-page #" to retrofit computer for translation and printing in Hawaiian. The USA EPA Region 9 Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Indigenous Webinars described "Translation Science"; and "Language Justice" issues. It also appears that in many cases where the Indigenous Peoples in many lands were oppressed and not allowed to speak their own language. In the TMT Contested Case Hearing, the Hearings Officer Violated the law when she put the State of Hawai'i Language Access Coordinator "under orders not to allow a Hawaiian Language Interpreter".
I non-flowing speech, I always add an ‘okina sound because words beginning in vowels in my dialect of English, and this carries over to Hawai’ian, How can I get rid of that ‘okina sound? I can’t say words that begin with vowels without that ‘okina.
@@mew11two Yes ă â and î. Î and  sound the same, but Î is used at the beginning/end of an word. In english, for example a is "ei", e is "i", i is "ai", o is əʊ(like "ou"), u is iu. That's what I meant. In hawaiian and latin languages(and probably more) the vowels are made of 1 single sound unlike english.
Yeah, I'll admit it's pretty hard to distinguish between 'okina and no 'okina at the beginning of the word. The best way I can describe it, is when there is no 'okina at the beginning of the word, you kind of ease into the vowel. But with the 'okina, you have the glottal stop. Like say the vowels how you would in English "a", "e", etc., the way we tend to say those is with a glottal stop, almost like it has an okina. Another note: if a word starts with a vowel, but it's in the middle of the sentence, that beginning vowel will blend in with the vowel that ends the preceding word to create a diphthong. For example, the phrase "ka i'a" means "the fish". I'a does not start with an okina. But when combine with the "ka" before, it creates that diphthong, as if you were saying "kai 'a".
Sometimes the “a” vowel has an /uh/ sound, right? Like in the word maika’i - from what I’ve been hearing, it’s not Mai-kah-I as much as mai-kuh-i. Or “Au” is less ah-u as uh-u. Just something I’ve noticed.
Yes, those two pairs are definitely the hard ones! "Ae" should sound pretty much like the English word "eye" (American accent). But keep it open at the end. Practice slowly "Ah" going into "Eh" and then speed it up more and more. For "Ai", I actually hear a lot of native Hawaiian speakers begin that diphthong with more of a "uh" sound for the "A" (rather than "Ah") and then is glide into the "i" (pronounced "ee"). Try it slowly "Uh...ee", then go faster and faster. "Ao" will be similar to "Ae". Start with "Ah" and then slowly go into "Oh". Then speed it up. And "Au" will be similar to "Ai", where you'll start with more of an "Uh" sound and then glide into "Oo". Again, start slow and then speed it up. I feel like "Ae" and "Ao" keep the mouth more open and their counterparts "Ai" and "Au" are more closed. Hope that helps!
I've noticed a lot of similarity in sounds between Hawaiian and Spanish. The "w" in Hawaiian is interesting because you can hear it pronounced a lot of different ways depending on the person, but I tend to use that soft "v" sound.
I was directed to check out how Hawaiian sounds like by someone claimed that mine own language is supposedly somehow similar sounding ... Well, by the looks of it, we have more phonemes and where Hawaiian uses “ā” we write “aa” and ’ isn't used, but is pronounced (I think: "veeanum" would be "vē'anum” for Hawaiian, and "õeelu” would become “õe'elu”?)
Great video! If we have a specific pronunciation question (in regards to the 'okina), is there an email address we can contact you by? Please let me know. Thanks.
Sorry for the late reply here. I'm trying to respond to comments more often, so if you have a pronunciation question, you can leave it as a comment -- which is helpful because others might have the same question!
I came here because I heard that "Laniakea" is the name for our galaxy Supercluster and I wanted to know how to pronounce it in Hawaiian :) This was really helpful!
'O pepeluali ka mahina 'olelo Hawai'i. Hau'oli mahina 'olelo Hawai'i! With that in mind I want to learn Hawaiian before the mouth is out. Any advice? Lastly I am learning Hawai'i on doulingo and most of your videos are about the same subjects, so in short if you have time can do the Hawaiian course on doulingo and than make videos about each lesson. Thanks for being here to teach me Hawaiian. Have a blessed day.
Okay. So I'm actually Hawaiian. About 25% I'm told. So when I told my Aunt I started learning German, she reccomended I learn some Hawaiian. To protect the heritage of my people, or something
Thanks for this video! Quick question: I have seen words that *begin* with an 'okina. Does that affect the pronunciation of the word, or is it just there to make sure you don't create a diphthong with the word that precedes it?
E nana ke wala’au apau....🥺😩 it’s almost overwhelming how much “Aloha” resonates from within this comment section(I’m seriously tearing up) too many people...my wife included discount themselves and see themselves irrelevant!? Simply because they’re not native Hawaiian 😱😭 for 1”Hawaiian” is not a “hawaiian” word lol😅 We don’t call ourselves Hawaiian... we call ourselves “ Kanaka Maori” which literally means human/likewise...who speaks Maori... and it’s a way of life, a way of thinking...we don’t distinguish between physical characteristics but physical interaction , Hawaiian isn’t in your always in your blood...it’s in your heart🥺🤙🏽🤙🏽... e kala mai...😅that was lactose intolerant level cheesy 😂😂😂😂 cheeeeeeeeehoooooo🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽 Malama pono kakou!
I'm Mexican and I'm learning the Hawaiian language. I'm very attracted to everything related to Hawaii, I hope to go one day and knowing this beautiful land. Thank you very much for making these videos.
How’s the learning going?
Holà !! So am I ! 🥰 It's been so many years since I had started. I've just decided to start learning again, very seriously this time. 💥 I dream of going there some day too ! ALOHA from France 🌺
Yo tambien soy de mexico, saludos 😭😭😭✨
The Hawaiian vowels sound very similar to Spanish vowels
Aloha. mahalo for trying to learn Kou beautiful Olelō
Thank you for sharing your precious story!
My great-great-grandfather and great-great-grandmother were Hawaiian immigrants and went to Hawaii for three years, where my great-grandfather was born!
Apparently they often told their children about their time in Hawaii after returning to Japan.
Suo-Oshima Town, Yamaguchi Prefecture, where I live, is a sister island of Kauai, Hawaii, so I went to Kauai on a school trip when I was in high school! It's a wonderful place, and the memories of my homestay there are treasured!
Currently, as Yamaguchi Hometown
Ambassadors, we are performing music as a brother-sister duo, spreading love throughout Japan.
Recently, my sister and wife have also started learning hula dancing, and I am currently practicing hula
and uploading them to UA-cam every day.
When I sing hula songs, I am also sending gratitude to my ancestors. Let me attach a video!
ua-cam.com/video/cVhqkAXM8g4/v-deo.htmlsi=-hTl34OVwIPIj2CJ
Thank you for these courses...I am doing Duolingo and am getting pretty serious into it. I'm making it a point to watch all your videos so I can learn better. Mahalo nui loa!
This was a very well done and clear guide! Subscribed.
This is an extremely helpful video. Thank you so much for making this!
Naʻu ka hauʻoli, Mahalo for watching!
@@KeAlohaNoHawaii MAHALO piha !! It really helps a lot on different levels (it helps keeping a steady motivation too). 🥰 A hui hou KĀKOU !!! No Palani au 🌳🌾🌲
Thank you so much for making this video I am part Samoan but I have never learned the language this is helping me learn my native language so thank you so much for showing this💙
Thank you for helping me begin learning the Hawaiian language! I really needed it because I wanna learn more about my Hawaiian culture so I decided to pick it’s language!! ❤️🙏🏾
This is so brilliantly structured, thank you!
I am from germany and currently on O'ahu. The pronounciation acutally matches pretty much how I speak those letters. Very intersting insight.
This is the most helpful video for a person who speaks only European languages and a little bit of sign language. Polynesian languages are so hard for me! Mahalo!
You’re welcome! I’m glad it was helpful 😊
just decided to begin studying Hawaiian! this video really helped me
(I decided to learn because my name is Hawaiian and I wanted to learn more about it!)
Mahalo nui for watching!
What does your name mean?
Laura. A weekly practice video... listening to new Hawaiian sentences and their pronunciation with any additional nuances would be of great help in speaking Hawaiian.
The best video I found about it! Thank you so much. Also, I saw your channel and the content is so on point, straight-forward, practical and grammar-focused, just what I was looking for. Please continue educating! I am very excited to learn ōleo hawai'i! Hugs from Brazil.
Mahalo! I am so happy you're finding it useful!
I was raised in Hawaii ~ been 25 years since I been back home, eyes getting a bit watery. Thank you so much. ~ Pume Hana Meke Aloha 🌺
Thank you so much. My wife is half Hawaiian, so my children are part Hawaiian, so I take pride on her culture and have been trying to find our families tribal tattoo so I can represent my Ohana.
Aww this is so sweet of you
Mahalo Nui I love Hawaii and the people .Learning this helps bring me closer with more respect and understanding. Aloha mahalo. 🙏🏾🤟🏾
Thank you very much! I want to learn Hawaiian and this video helped me a lot with the pronunciation, and it's well explained too
Glad it was helpful!
Aloha and mahalo nui loa! I love it!
The kahako functions similar to Filipino words, where enunciation and stress placement changes meaning. Looking forward to revisit this language and once again become fluent in it
You are a very good teacher. I can understand you clearly
Absolutely brilliant breakdown & explanations.
i know hawaiian already but this is a great video and your voice is so soothing!
Mahalo nui!
Thank you so much for this video! ❤️
Glad it was helpful!
I am moving to HI in a month and want to embrace the culture. I am loving learning the language!! Been on duolingo and its so fun! This series explains so much that duolingo doesn't! Mahalo nui❤
i’m also moving there in a month!
I’m Spanish and I get the accent quick 😊
Thanks for your tricky teaching
We're grateful to you 🙏
Oh my gosh, I just found your channel. So, so helpful! Thanks you so much!
This is so helpful! Mahalo!
woww thank you so much!! i got interested in the hawaiian language and culture since i found out my nickname (nalu) meant "wave" in hawaiian, and i also play ukulele. now i want to learn this language, and your video was soooo helpful as an introduction!! i couldn't thank you enough for that! mahalo !^^
Thank you very much! This really helped a lot with our project in Linguistics!
Hi Laura,
I was looking for an easy way to review what I learned in high school, way back when...
I can across your UA-cam channel, and I have to say you are totally awesome for doing this! Maika'i!
Mahalo Nui Loa!
Mahalo nui!
I AM FROM BRAZIL BUT I LOVE HAWAIAN CLUTURE AND ISRAEL KAMAKAWIWO'OLE
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO!
_MAHALO NUI_
Mahalo for watching!
❤🤗😀❤ Love this video! Love to watch many more of these!
So intresting to know more.
Got intrested in learning the Hawaiin language after I found videos on f.b of some amazing hawaiin dancers perform with both dance and song in the most amazing way. And slso learning that the language was almost lost and still needs more to speak it to keep it alive for the
future❤.
Keep up the good work!!🤩👍🇸🇪
Mahalo for watching and taking the time to leave a comment 🤗. Aren’t the dancers just amazing! I love watching videos on UA-cam of the past Merrie Monarch Festivals.
@@KeAlohaNoHawaii
Mahalo to you to for writing back^^
Yeah they are really amazing!😍👍
Me too, It's really amazing and fun to watch them train for it and then compete! Soo mesmerizing! Would love to see a real performance like that someday if I got the chance to go🥰🤗🌟.
Want to learn some more hawaiian until then😁👍
Very helpful!!!
Excellent, thank you for the help.
this was super helpful! thank you!!
I am kanaka and it is very hard to find someone teaching Olelo mahalo nui for teaching
Very helpful! Thanks.
Love this video, thank you!🥰🙏💖
Beautiful! Thank you so much!
I have some experience wih Japanese so this seems relatively simple and easy 😁
I'm from Brazil and a student of hula. I study with Duolingo but this Chanel is beautiful because teaches the grammar and so it's more easy to comprehension de language structure.
Thank you very much, Mahalo nui! 🙂
Thanks maam
Please can you do more of it
Mahalo for watching! I hope you've had the chance to watch the other videos on my channel. I took a little break for a while, but I just recently release some new vocabulary videos, and hope to post more often this year!
Do you have any pointers on pronouncing words that start with an ‘okina?
For instance, how do ‘ala and ala differ from one another.
This would prevent the vowel glide from occurring across words as mentioned in the example at 10:15
Sorry for the late reply. You know, the way that most people pronounce English words that start with a vowel (e.g. "apple"), that pretty close to creating that 'okina sound. I would say that it's actually hard for English speakers to replicate the sound when the Hawaiian word starts with a vowel without an 'okina -- which requires you to ease into that vowel sound.
You know how some British people say Bu'uh instead Butter or how Americans don't really pronounce the last "t" in "don't", it's just a stop. That stop/glottal stop is the okina. It's a sharp pause/stop between sounds.
Aloha I’m from France and I’m learning the Hawaiian language, Mahalo, mālama pono :)
Aloha!
E ui aku ana au ia oe…
Would you mind explaining more behind the accent differences (Lā being a palatal R, Kē being a T, etc…) as I can’t seem to find much about that! Mahalo nui loa ^^
Thank you so much❤❤❤
Aloha! Trying to find the "Hawaiian Language Co-page #" to retrofit computer for translation and printing in Hawaiian. The USA EPA Region 9 Environmental Justice and Civil Rights Indigenous Webinars described "Translation Science"; and "Language Justice" issues. It also appears that in many cases where the Indigenous Peoples in many lands were oppressed and not allowed to speak their own language. In the TMT Contested Case Hearing, the Hearings Officer Violated the law when she put the State of Hawai'i Language Access Coordinator "under orders not to allow a Hawaiian Language Interpreter".
I non-flowing speech, I always add an ‘okina sound because words beginning in vowels in my dialect of English, and this carries over to Hawai’ian, How can I get rid of that ‘okina sound? I can’t say words that begin with vowels without that ‘okina.
Mahalo for this video.
You are great! Mahalo! Thank you for this nice video. How do I say in Hawaiian "I am very happy because I have money and it is sunny!"
Hello vorrei sapere come si pronuncia letteralmente e con la giusta cadenza, moe' uhane. Grazie.
Is there one for android phones?
Mahalo Nui 🙏🏾. A hui hou.
The vowels are like latin ones. I'm from Romanian(a latin language) and the vowels sounds are exactly the same.
Yes, I noticed that as well!
Romanian has like 2 extra vowels and no length distinction though
@@mew11two Yes ă â and î. Î and  sound the same, but Î is used at the beginning/end of an word. In english, for example a is "ei", e is "i", i is "ai", o is əʊ(like "ou"), u is iu. That's what I meant. In hawaiian and latin languages(and probably more) the vowels are made of 1 single sound unlike english.
How are you supposed to pronounce the ‘Okina when it is at the beginning of a word?
Also how do you pronounce these?:
aa
ee
ii
oo
uu
Yeah, I'll admit it's pretty hard to distinguish between 'okina and no 'okina at the beginning of the word. The best way I can describe it, is when there is no 'okina at the beginning of the word, you kind of ease into the vowel. But with the 'okina, you have the glottal stop. Like say the vowels how you would in English "a", "e", etc., the way we tend to say those is with a glottal stop, almost like it has an okina.
Another note: if a word starts with a vowel, but it's in the middle of the sentence, that beginning vowel will blend in with the vowel that ends the preceding word to create a diphthong. For example, the phrase "ka i'a" means "the fish". I'a does not start with an okina. But when combine with the "ka" before, it creates that diphthong, as if you were saying "kai 'a".
If there is no 'okina between those vowels, you would just extend the sound of the vowel -- similar to what happens with the kahakō.
Thank you!
Hawaiian seems to be a good language to learn
The vowels are exactly as we say in Portuguese
And the ditongos as well
Thank you so much! Im doing a linguistic project about Hawaiian and it is extremely helpful ;)
Thought it would be a good idea to learn Hawaiian Because I live in a place where Hawaiian is commonly used xD
Mahalo nui loa no Kēia wikio. Ke a’o nei au i ko’u mau poki’i i ka ‘ōlelo makuahine.
The vowels is the same pronunciation in Portuguese , very interesting
im just trying to teach myself many langues so im not a dissapointment to my fam no more, prove them that i can do sum great.
How its goes
Sometimes the “a” vowel has an /uh/ sound, right? Like in the word maika’i - from what I’ve been hearing, it’s not Mai-kah-I as much as mai-kuh-i. Or “Au” is less ah-u as uh-u. Just something I’ve noticed.
Great video!
Could you further explain the differences between "ae" and "ai?" They sound very similar. Also, "ao" and "au."
Yes, those two pairs are definitely the hard ones!
"Ae" should sound pretty much like the English word "eye" (American accent). But keep it open at the end. Practice slowly "Ah" going into "Eh" and then speed it up more and more.
For "Ai", I actually hear a lot of native Hawaiian speakers begin that diphthong with more of a "uh" sound for the "A" (rather than "Ah") and then is glide into the "i" (pronounced "ee"). Try it slowly "Uh...ee", then go faster and faster.
"Ao" will be similar to "Ae". Start with "Ah" and then slowly go into "Oh". Then speed it up.
And "Au" will be similar to "Ai", where you'll start with more of an "Uh" sound and then glide into "Oo". Again, start slow and then speed it up.
I feel like "Ae" and "Ao" keep the mouth more open and their counterparts "Ai" and "Au" are more closed.
Hope that helps!
@@KeAlohaNoHawaii Mahalo!
yes😊
The pronunciation of the w as s soft v is exactly the same in Spanish b / v :) I believe the ipa symbol is /β/
I've noticed a lot of similarity in sounds between Hawaiian and Spanish. The "w" in Hawaiian is interesting because you can hear it pronounced a lot of different ways depending on the person, but I tend to use that soft "v" sound.
daghang salamat from Philippines.
2:33 | In Slovak it's exactly same
when you mentioned the dollar, i immediately said “une kālā” as if french and ‘ōlelo hawai’i were the same language-
Whaaaaat!? That happens often I guess but 🤔not often enough for me to provide an example 😐🤔🤫😅😅
Mahalo nui.
I was directed to check out how Hawaiian sounds like by someone claimed that mine own language is supposedly somehow similar sounding
... Well, by the looks of it, we have more phonemes and where Hawaiian uses “ā” we write “aa” and ’ isn't used, but is pronounced (I think: "veeanum" would be "vē'anum” for Hawaiian, and "õeelu” would become “õe'elu”?)
Actually, no. Ignore what I said about ‘okina...
However “kala" is "fish" in Finnic languages.
Great video!
If we have a specific pronunciation question (in regards to the 'okina), is there an email address we can contact you by?
Please let me know. Thanks.
Sorry for the late reply here. I'm trying to respond to comments more often, so if you have a pronunciation question, you can leave it as a comment -- which is helpful because others might have the same question!
How much do you charge to learn the proper way of speaking the Hawaiian language ?
I came here because I heard that "Laniakea" is the name for our galaxy Supercluster and I wanted to know how to pronounce it in Hawaiian :) This was really helpful!
The pronounciation is also very similar in German.
'O pepeluali ka mahina 'olelo Hawai'i. Hau'oli mahina 'olelo Hawai'i! With that in mind I want to learn Hawaiian before the mouth is out. Any advice? Lastly I am learning Hawai'i on doulingo and most of your videos are about the same subjects, so in short if you have time can do the Hawaiian course on doulingo and than make videos about each lesson. Thanks for being here to teach me Hawaiian. Have a blessed day.
0:33
This is how we say voules in croatian, consistently just like in hawaiian
Edit: alot of these letters is similar to croatian
I’m going to Hawaii so I thought to learn it º-º
That's great! Yes, you'll came across a lot of place names and streets in Hawaiian, so this should help you pronounce them :)
@@KeAlohaNoHawaii thanks it’s helping so much🙂
Okay. So I'm actually Hawaiian. About 25% I'm told. So when I told my Aunt I started learning German, she reccomended I learn some Hawaiian. To protect the heritage of my people, or something
Kala means fish in Finnish. Amazing we are on the other side of the world!
Also, Hawaiian is pronounced very similarly to Finnish. Both and vowels and consonants sound very much alike.
Haha thanks! I keep saying “ Loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ka lā keu?” to my friends and they think I am crazy..
Mahalo no kēia koho, koho iki kou leo.
In Finnish "kala" stands for "a fish" too. Funny coincident!
It's not just how vowel are pronounced in Hawaii but how more than 3000 languages in the world pronounce vowels.
Very true!
Thanks for this video! Quick question: I have seen words that *begin* with an 'okina. Does that affect the pronunciation of the word, or is it just there to make sure you don't create a diphthong with the word that precedes it?
i’m hawaiian, should’ve paid more attention in class ngl
E nana ke wala’au apau....🥺😩 it’s almost overwhelming how much “Aloha” resonates from within this comment section(I’m seriously tearing up) too many people...my wife included discount themselves and see themselves irrelevant!? Simply because they’re not native Hawaiian 😱😭 for 1”Hawaiian” is not a “hawaiian” word lol😅
We don’t call ourselves Hawaiian... we call ourselves “ Kanaka Maori” which literally means human/likewise...who speaks Maori... and it’s a way of life, a way of thinking...we don’t distinguish between physical characteristics but physical interaction , Hawaiian isn’t in your always in your blood...it’s in your heart🥺🤙🏽🤙🏽... e kala mai...😅that was lactose intolerant level cheesy 😂😂😂😂 cheeeeeeeeehoooooo🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽🤙🏽 Malama pono kakou!
I did that in Hawaiian class like these A E I O U l and these He Ke La Mu Nu Pi We
Thankfully German vowels are pronounced exactly the same!
'A'ole maopopo ia'u.
Don't know what?
why no V >>> Please spell volcano
Volcano is not a Hawaiian word
Lua Pele is how you say Volcano in Hawaiian
So helpful! Thank you