Aloha,

Another way to use these Hawaiian language resources to quickly improve your ability to speak like a native speaker is to mimic them on the recordings. 

Here are 2 new resources to listen to. For the kane, listen to John Broad. For the wahine, listen to Rose Manu &...

Aloha kakou i keia la, 

Last week you used the resource by reading it out loud. 

Now… What the heck did you just read?

This week, we’re going to use the same resource but dive in a little deeper.

• Make notes of the words you don’t know yet in a notebook or your...

Aloha mai!

I know you’re busy with summer fun, so I’ll keep this short and sweet.

I want to tell you how easy it is to use the list of resources I’ve compiled for you to improve your Hawaiian. (Pay attention to patterns that you can repeat as you work on mastering...

Aloha mai kakou,

I know you’re excited about summer (I am too), and this time of year is the perfect time to practice Olelo Hawaii and develop your vocabulary.

Let’s, real quick, go over the things we talked about in May.

Native speakers have no problem expressing...

Aloha,

Without looking in the dictionary, do you know where the word [ʻūhōloʻa] comes from? How would you guess what it means or how it was put together? 

There are several ways that the Hawaiian Language Lexicon has come up with modern vocabulary. Sometimes they use...

Aloha,

Most Hawaiian words we use today are traditional Hawaiian words - the creation of these words was led by the native Hawaiian speaking community. 

Before we can get into examples of how words were created for new (usually Western) concepts or innovations, we have to...

Aloha,

This month we are focusing on the pillar of Listening, and continuing our conversation about traditional and new/modern Hawaiian vocabulary.

As it stands today, most Hawaiian words are traditional Hawaiian words - the creation of these words was led by the Native Hawaiian speaking...

Aloha,

As we circle through the four pillars of learning Hawaiian (Listening, Reading, Writing and Speaking), this month we are back to listening. I have a lot to share with you and I couldn’t fit it all in one email, so I will be sharing a little bit each week in May. 

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