HAʻAWINA ʻŌLELO HAWAIʻI - 06/13/2021

Here are a few simple conversation starters after you've said, "Aloha!"

Pehea ʻoe? - How are you?

Maikaʻi au. - I'm good.

Pōmaikaʻi au. - I'm blessed.

Hauʻoli au. - I'm happy

Maikaʻi ʻoe? - Are you well?

Hauʻoli ʻoe? - Are you happy?

Maikaʻi ʻo ia. - She/He is good/well.

Hauʻoli ʻo ia. - He/She is happy.

Try making new sentences with the words below:

kaumaha

nuha

huhū

lokomaikaʻi

ʻoluʻolu

Use wehewehe.org to find out the meanings of these words. Email your findings to kupaianaha357@gmail.com to be entered into this weekʻs hoʻokūkū ʻōlelo!

HAʻAWINA ʻŌLELO HAWAIʻI - 5/23/2021

Below are words we hear often in our hoʻomana:

Ke Akua - God

Ke Keiki - The Son

Ka ʻUhane Hemolele - The Holy Spirit

ke kauoha kahiko - the Old Testament

ke kauoha hou - the New Testament

mokuna - chapter

paukū - verse

hīmeni - song

pule - pray/prayer

HAʻAWINA ʻŌLELO HAWAIʻI - 4/11/2021

"A ME" is only used when adding numbers 1-9 to any hundred, see below:

hoʻokahi hāneli - 100

hoʻokahi hāneli a me ʻekahi - 101

hoʻokahi hāneli a me ʻelua - 102

hoʻokahi hāneli ʻumikūmamākahi - 111

hoʻokahi hāneli iwakāluakūmamākolu - 123

ʻelua hāneli a me ʻeiwa - 209

ʻehā hāneli kanakolukūmamālima - 435

Enter this weekʻs contest by giving the numerals for the following numbers in Hawaiian:

1)  ʻehiku hāneli kanaiwakūmamāono

2)  ʻeono hāneli iwakāluakūmamālua

3)  ʻekolu hāneli a me ʻehā

4)  ʻewalu hāneli kanakolukūmamāwalu

5)  ʻeiwa hāneli a me ʻehiku

Email your answers to kupaianaha357@gmail.com to be entered into this weekʻs hoʻokūkū ʻōlelo!

HAʻAWINA ʻŌLELO HAWAIʻI - 4/4/2021

iwakālua - kūmamā- kahi - 21

kanakolu- kūmamā-lua - 32

kanahā- kūmamā-kolu - 43

kanalima-kūmamā-hā - 54

Now, can you guess how to say 67? Email your answer to kupaianaha357@gmail.com to be entered into this weekʻs hoʻokūkū ʻōlelo!

Hoʻomaikaʻi iā Rev. Joanne Lee, this weekʻs lanakila for our Hoʻokūkū ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi!

 HAʻAWINA ʻŌLELO HAWAIʻI - 3/28/2021

Learn a few new Hawaiian words every month, letʻs start with numbers!

ʻekahi - 1 ʻumi-kūmamā-kahi - 11

ʻelua - 2 ʻumi-kūmamā-lua -12

ʻekolu - 3 ʻumi-kūmamā-kolu - 13

 ʻehā - 4 ʻumi-kūmamā-hā - 14

ʻelima - 5 ʻumi-kūmamā-lima - 15

ʻeono - 6 ʻumi-kūmamā-ono - 16

ʻehiku - 7 ʻumi-kūmamā-hiku - 17

ʻewalu - 8 ʻumi-kūmamā-walu - 18

ʻeiwa - 9 ʻumi-kūmamā-iwa - 19

ʻumi - 10 iwakālua - 20

Can you guess what the number "21" will be? Email your answer to kupaianaha357@gmail.com to be entered into this week's ʻōlelo contest!  Hoʻomaikaʻi iā Michelle Logotala, our winner for this week!