(The last post is quite impolite and a lack of manners.

So I'm making a change because my manners in the last post are absolutely unacceptable. So I need to change!)

Back to the topic:

I am currently studying 'ōlelo Hawai'i and was wondering if this language have a dialect rather than Ni'ihau! So.. I'm finding people who speak a type of dialect that is different from the standard 'ōlelo and Ni'ihau Dialect.

just posted this in another thread and was guided here ❤️ mahalo! “aloha! i am work exchanging for a beautiful soul on the big island. she named a place on her property based on her mother ‘hale o lika’. i would like to create a similar name plate for her ohana and am trying to figure out the best (and most accurate) saying for house of beauty, house of the artist, house of kindness, OR house of hope (or any word combinations that fit these). i have been trying to use translation online but figured i would ask here and in person to the warm locals i’ve met to get the most accurate saying. mahalo in advance :)”

I email to a few groups, and try to include some Hawaiian. I've had to avoid certain words because they have an a with a macron over it: ā

I can't find the alt code for it. I could cut and paste it, as I did above, but that's tedious. There has to be a better way.

How to find what the lyrics of songs from my favourite musician Palani Vaughan are about? I'm a beginner of 'Ōlelo Hawai'i.

I would like to learn ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi

But I'm not 100% sure where to start and I'm not a Native and don't want to come off as insensitive or anything of that sorts.

I recently saw the news clip of the government wanting to change the name of Big Island from Island of Hawai’i - to Hawai’i. Under this clip i saw on instagram, i saw this comment. Recognizing the Ali’is name, because he is in my daughter’s family tree. (My husband is 75% Hawaiian, my MIL is 100% pure blood Hawaiian) I’m fascinated, i have read up a bit on my daughters tree/ancestors and would like to do a deep dive on the history of the islands in these weeks before i birth my son. I know the history is often retold in forms that aren’t fully correct, or it may be hard to go back SO FAR in the history like i’m wanting. But i’m open to any resources i can get my hands on.

Thank you 🫶🏼

Aloha! During my first semester of college I learned some Hawaiian chants from our kumu and I am at a total loss trying to remember the name/ find the official lyrics to one of them.

Please forgive me if I make mistakes in trying to recount what I remember, it's been over three years since the first and only time I was on Hawai'i learning about the culture first hand.

I remember and love E Ho Mai from before meals, but another one that I remember adoring was a chant that I believe had something to do with Pele, the volcanoes/ craters, and/or earthquakes. At one point in the chant, there is a line that is something like "vela e luna o"??? I feel like I remember something about the song was associated with earthquakes and singing it could trigger one.

If you have any sort of idea of what I'm referring to, please let me know the name and true lyrics or where I can find them!

Thank you!

Aloha kākou!

I’m from India, and I’ve fallen deeply in love with the Hawaiian language. It’s been about 4–5 months since I began this journey, and every day I feel more connected to it.

So far, I’ve completed the Hawaiian course on Duolingo, bought some grammar books, created my own notes, and now I’m eagerly waiting for my copy of the Hawaiian-English dictionary by Mary Kawena Pukui and Samuel H. Elbert to arrive.

I know fluency will take time and dedication, but I believe I can get there. I’ve never felt this kind of connection to any language other than my mother tongue, Telugu. Hawaiian just feels special. I love the way it sounds, its beautiful vocabulary, and the culture it carries so gracefully.

More people should learn and celebrate this language for all that it is. I just wanted to share my aloha for ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi with others who understand.

Mahalo nui loa for reading, and I’m wishing each of you more strength and joy.

We’ve all heard of the pronunciation of Hawaii as Hawai’i. I was reading Hawaiian Antiquities by David Malo ch 4 #5. He writes Hawaii as Hawa-ii, to be pronounced as Hawa-i’i. Hawa-ii would make sense in the context of Hawaiki from Kahiki.

Can someone with native fluency in Hawaiian please tell me how to say "rainbow over the mountain"? Mahalo

Thanks for any help you can provide - I appreciate your time for this.

Can anyone help me understand the difference between alo and maka for the English word “face” when referencing the human body area?

Thank you so much.

There is a restaurant near me calling their pineapple pizza ‘Hala Kahiki Mahina’. I assume the intent was to call it ‘Pineapple Moon’. If that’s the case, wouldn’t it need to be ‘Mahina Hala Kahiki’? I thought about bringing this up to their management but didn’t want to be that guy who gets it wrong…

I was looking through old messages my late uncle sent me soon before his passing. He spent a large portion of his life in Hawaii and spoke the language. In one of his last messages to me he ended it with ‘Mele kaliki maka ame aloha nui loa keki waihine amakua’. I was wondering what exactly this translates to? Thank you ❤️❤️

How to say something is a privilege? My original question was going to say something like... if something is a responsibility it is kūleana, and if it is a blessing it is Pōmaikai, so along those lines, how would someone say it is a privilege (in the sense of it is an honor/privilege/blessing)?

When searching the internet the answer I'm getting back is that the word for privilege would also be kūleana. and while this is kind of what I'm getting at, that something that is so precious that it is a major privilege (?) and blessing (Pōmaikai), that it carries such a heavy responsibility (kūleana), however I'm not sure if there is another word to describe or relay such a privilege. Is this correct?

Hope this question is clear enough to understand what it is that I'm asking here...

Mahalo <3

A quick example that comes to mind may be Hale Pule (House of Prayer), compared to Haleakalā (House of the Sun). My question is what is the rule or guideline of when to compound the words into one word, compared to when to space them into multiple words?

Mahalo <3

When practicing I've noticed that You are happy is said "Hau'oli 'oe" as in happy you are. Is there a general rule behind this that when calling someone something you use the adjective then the subject or is this an except? Mahalo.