Ua ‘Ike Anei ‘Oukou?
Did You Know?
He mau ho‘olaha kēia i hana ‘ia e ka Hale Kuamo‘o me ke kāko‘o o ka ‘Aha Pūnana Leo. He mau waihona QuickTime kēia; inā ‘a‘ole i loa‘a ke QuickTime i kāu kamepuila, hiki ke ho‘oili ‘ia mai ke kahua pa‘a o ka Apple Computer. E kōmi ma luna o ke ki‘i ma ka ‘ākau.
These are radio announcements developed by the Hale Kuamo‘o with the assistance of the ‘Aha Punana Leo. They are in QuickTime format; if you do not already have QuickTime installed in your computer you can download it from Apple Computer. Just click on the graphic to the right.
E kōmi ma luna o ke ki‘iona Quicktime no ka ho‘olohe ‘ana i ka waihona e wehewehe ‘ia ma ke kikokikona.
Simply click on the Quicktime icon to listen to the file described in the text.
Ma ka pae‘āina ‘o Hawai‘i wale nō e ‘ōlelo ‘ia ai ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i.
There is no place else but Hawai'i where Hawaiian is spoken.
Aia ma kahi o ka ‘ehiku kaukani ‘elima haneli po‘e e a‘o ana i ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i i kēia manawa.
There are approximately 7,500 people learning the Hawaiian language today.
" ‘O ‘oe ka luāhi o kāu mele."
You bear both the good and bad consequences of the poem that you write.
Ua ‘oi aku ka pākēneka o ka po‘e ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i i hiki ke heluhelu a kākau ma mua o nā lāhui ‘ē a‘e ma Hawai‘i ma ka ho‘omaka ‘ana o kēia kenekulia.
At the beginning of this century, Hawaiians had a literacy rate higher than any other ethnic group in Hawai'i.
Ma ka makahiki 1896, ua ho‘opau ‘ia ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ma nā kula aupuni e ke aupuni Lepupalika ‘o Hawai‘i.
In 1896 Hawaiian was outlawed as a language of education by the Republic of Hawai'i.
He mau hua‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ‘oko‘a no ka mea ho‘okahi.
There different Hawaiian words for the same thing.
‘A‘ole he 12 wale nō huapalapala o ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i.
There are more than 12 letters in the Hawaiian alphabet.
Ua ‘ike anei ‘oe i ka hana o ke kahakō?
Do you know what the kahako (macron) does?
Ua ‘oi aku ka nui o ka hana ma ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ma mua o ka nui o ka po‘e i hiki ke lawelawe i kēia mau hana.
There is more work to be done in the Hawaiian language than there are people who qualified to do this work.
‘O ke kula ‘o Lahainaluna ke kula ki‘eki‘e mua loa ma ka ‘ao‘ao komohana o ka muliwai ‘o Mississippi.
Lahainaluna was the first high school west of the Mississippi.
‘O ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ka ‘ōlelo ‘ōiwi ‘Amelika mua loa i loa‘a ka papa lawelawe ho‘olaha a me ke kahua pa‘a World Wide Web i mālama ‘ia ma kāna ‘ōlelo iho.
Hawaiian was the first indigenous language to have its own bulletin board service and World Wide Web server in its own language.
‘A‘ole na nā mikioneli mua o Hawai‘i nei i ha‘i mua i ka ‘euanelio ma ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i.
It was not the first missionaries in Hawai'i who first preached the gospel in Hawaiian.
‘Oi aku ka nui o nā mo‘olelo Hawai‘i e pili ana i ka wā kahiko ma mua o nā mo‘olelo i kākau ‘ia no ‘Enelani, e like ho‘i me Beowulf.
There are more written stories about old Hawai' i than there are stories about old England, such as Beowulf.
Ua unuhi ‘ia kekahi mau mo‘olelo ‘ōlelo Pelekāne kaulana e like ho‘i me Ivanhoe, Moby Dick, and Charlotte's Web ma ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i.
Many famous books have been translated into Hawaiian, such as Ivanhoe, Moby Dick, and Charlotte's Web.
Ma ka mokupuni ‘o Ni‘ihau wale nō i ‘ōlelo ‘ia ai ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i e ko laila po‘e a pau.
Ni'ihau is the only island where Hawaiian is spoken by all of its inhabitants.
Ua pa‘i ‘ia he kanalima a ‘oi nūpepa ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i i kēlā kenekulia i hala aku nei.
More than 50 different newspapers were printed in Hawaiian before the turn of the last century.
Ua ‘ike anei ‘oe i ka hana o ka ‘okina?
Do you know what the 'okina is for?
‘O ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, he ‘ōlelo kūhelu o Hawai‘i nei, ‘o ia pū me ka ‘ōlelo Pelekane
Hawaiian is an official language of the State of Hawai'i, along with English.
Ua ho‘omaka kekahi mau ‘ohana e ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ma ka home.
Some families have started to use Hawaiian as the language of the home.
Ua ho‘omaka kekahi mau hui pā‘oihana e ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, a e ‘ae ‘ia ana nā pila kīko‘o i kākau ‘ia ma ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i e kekahi mau panakō.
Some businesses have begun to use Hawaiian, and checks written in Hawaiian are being accepted by most banks.
Ma mua o ka loa‘a ‘ana o ka ‘ōlelo pa‘i ‘ai haole, ua loa‘a ka ‘ōlelo pa‘i ‘ai Hawai‘i.
Before there was Pidgin English, there was Pigin Hawaiian.
Ua ho‘okumu ka ‘Oihana Ho‘ona‘auao i papahana kula i a‘o ‘ia ma ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i.
The state Department of Education established a school program called the Papahana Kaiapuni Hawai'i where students are taught through the Hawaiian language.
Ua wehe ‘ia ka Pūnana Leo mua loa ma Kekaha, Kaua‘i ma ka makahiki 1984.
The first Punana Leo preschool was opened in Kekaha, Kaua'i in 1984.
Ua lō‘ihi nō ho‘i kekahi o nā mele kahiko, e like ho‘i me ke kumulipo.
Some Hawaiian chants were very long, such as the kumulipo.
He ‘ōlelo Polenekia ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, e like ho‘i ma ka ‘ōlelo Kāmoa, ka ‘ōlelo Tonga, a me ka ‘ōlelo Māori.
Hawaiian is a Polynesian language, like Samoan, Tongan, and Maori.
Ua ‘oko‘a ka puana ‘ia ‘ana o nā huapalapala H a me K ma waena o ka po‘e mānaleo.
The letters H and K are pronounced differently among native speakers.
Ua ‘oko‘a ka puana ‘ana i ka hua‘ōlelo Hawai‘i ho‘okahi nō, aia i ka ‘āina i ho‘opuka ‘ia ai.
Some Hawaiian words may be pronounced differently in different areas.
He hana ma‘amau ma ke oli ka ho‘ololi ‘ana i ka puana ‘ana i nā hua‘olelo.
The pronunciation of words in chants are frequently changed.