( EY-kay KA-LA KO-oo LEE-lo ow) I'm sick. ( EY-kay KO-oo LEE-lo ow) I lost my wallet. E hea mākaʻi ana au! ( EY HAY-ah MA-ka-ee ah-na ow) Police! Mākaʻi! ( MA-ka-ee) Stop! Thief! Hoʻopau! ʻAihue! ( HO-oh-pow! AY-hoo-ey) I need help. ( HA-ah-lay-lay KO-oo ho-oh-KA-hee) Don't touch me! ʻAʻole pā koʻu! ( ah-OH-lay PA KO-oo) I'll call the police.
( AH-oh-lay MA-oh-po-po) Where is the toilet? Ma hea ka lua? ( ma HAY-ah ka LOO-ah) Problems Leave me alone. ( ah-LO-ha ka-ka-hee-AH-ka) Good evening. ( ) Do you speak Hawai'ian? ʻOlelo Hawaiʻi ʻoe? ( OH-leh-lo ha-VY-ee OH-ey) Is there someone here who speaks English? ʻOlelo Pelekania kekahi? ( OH-leh-lo peh-leh-ka-NEE-ah kay-KA-hee) Help! Kōkua! ( KO-koo-ah) Look out! E akahele! ( EY ah-ka-HAY-lay) Good morning. ( HAY may EE-kee EE-ah/MAY poo OH-ey) Yes. Ua maika'i ko kaua hui 'ana ( OO-ah my-KAI-ee ko COW-ah HOO-ee AH-na) Please. ʻO _ ko'u inoa.( oh _ KO-oo EE-no-ah) Nice to meet you. ( my-KAI-ee, ma-HA-lo) What is your name? ʻO wai kou inoa? ( oh vy KO EE-no-ah) My name is _. ( ah-LO-ha) How are you? Pehea ʻoe? ( pey-HEY-ah OH-ey) Fine, thank you. Uo is pronounced "Oo-oh", but you can also say the word "whoa" and you'll be pretty close. Ue is pronounced "Oo-ey", but you can also say the word "way" and you'll be pretty close. Io is pronounced "Ee-oh", but you can get away with saying "Yo". Ie is pronounced "Ee-ey", but you can get away with saying "Yay". Ia is pronounced "Ee-ah", but you can get away with saying "Ya". "aa" is pronounced the same as "a".Īu is pronounced like the English "ow" - like what you say when you're hurt.Įa is pronounced "Ey-ah". If there is no glottal stop, however, just blend the vowels together in most cases.Īa, ee, ii, oo, and uu are not pronounced differently than their single forms. You must make sure that there is not a glottal stop between the vowels - if there is, you do not blend the vowels, but instead insert a pause between them. U is pronounced "oo" - like the "oo" in "food".Īll consonants in Hawaiian are pronounced like their English counterparts, with the exception of w, which is pronounced both like the English "w" and like the English "v", changing the "wuh" sound to a "vuh" sound.ĭiphthongs in Hawaiian can be tricky. O is pronounced "oh" - just like the English "o". I is pronounced "ee" - like the name of the English letter "e".
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While this can make some words ambiguous, if you're not a professional linguist studying Hawaiian it's unlikely to cause any problems.Ī is pronounced "ah" - like the "a" in "father".Į is pronounced "eh" - like the "e" in "hello". The ʻokina and kahakō are sometimes omitted this is very common on street signs. When you see a macron, draw out the vowel for a little longer than you would a normal vowel.
In addition, a macron (straight line over vowel, called a kahakō) indicates a long vowel. When you see a glottal stop, don't let the syllables run into each other instead, pause for a very brief moment and continue with the word. You will find these at the beginnings of words or in between vowels. The remaining letter (also a consonant) is ʻ which is called the ʻokina, and represents a glottal stop, a short pause like before each syllable of English "uh-oh". The Hawaiian alphabet has just 13 letters: the vowels are A, E, I, O, and U, and the consonants are H, K, L, M, N, P, and W. Hawaiian is a Polynesian language, and has many cognates with other Polynesian languages such as Māori, Tongan, and Samoan. Hawaiian ( ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi), along with English, is an official language of the U.S.
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