1. NĀ `ŌLELO PŌKOLE:
Useful Phrases

2. HOW MANY HAWAIIAN
WORDS/PHRASES DO YOU
KNOW?
• Love
• Towards the mountain
• Towards the ocean
• Dirty
• Colorful
• Dumb
• Crazy

3. HOW MANY HAWAIIAN
WORDS/PHRASES DO YOU
KNOW?
• Love ALOHA
• Towards the mountain MA UKA
• Towards the ocean MA KAI
• Dirty LEPO
• Colorful KALAKOA
• Dumb LŌLŌ
• Crazy PUPULE

4. HOW MANY HAWAIIAN
WORDS/PHRASES DO YOU
KNOW?
• Go
• Smart
• Sit
• Welcome
• No
• Flower
• Chief, royalty

5. HOW MANY HAWAIIAN
WORDS/PHRASES DO YOU
KNOW?
• Go HELE
• Smart AKAMAI
• Sit NOHO
• Welcome E KOMO MAI
• No `A`OLE
• Flower PUA
• Chief, royalty ALI`I

6. HAWAIIAN WORDS VS.
PIDGIN WORDS
• Kaukau: eat, food
– Eat: `ai
– Food: mea`ai
• Hanabata: snot
– Snot, mucus: hūpē, hūpēkole
• Bumbai: later on
– Later on: ma hope
• Moemoe: sleep
– Sleep: hiamoe

7. COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED
WORDS/PHRASES
ENGLISH MISPRONOUNCED CORRECT VERSION
Finished, done, complete pao pau
Ready Makaokao Mākaukau
Do it again! Hana ho! Hana hou!

8. COMMONLY MISPRONOUNCED
PLACE NAMES ON HAWAI`I ISLAND
INCORRECT CORRECT
Waikea Waiākea
Ke`ao Kea`au
Papaeko Pāpa`ikou
Pepekeo Pepe`ekeo
Keaoho Keauhou
Pohiki Pohoiki
`Uma`uma Umauma
Pauilo Pa`auilo

9. NĀ `ŌLELO PŌKOLE
• Aloha! Hello!
• Pehea `oe? How are you?
• Maika`i Good
• A hui hou Until we meet again
• E mālama pono Take care
• `Ae Yes
• `A`ole No
• `A`ole maopopo (ia`u) I don’t know/understand

10. NĀ `ŌLELO PŌKOLE
• Mahalo (nui loa)! Thank you (very much)!
• `A`ole pilikia No problem. It’s no
trouble.
• E kala mai (ia`u) Excuse me.
• He mea iki It’s no big deal.
• No`u ka hau`oli The pleasure is mine.
• E `olu`olu ….. Please……..
• ……..ke `olu`olu ……..please

11. NĀ `ŌLELO PŌKOLE
• Auē (nō ho`i ē)! Oh no! Oops! (omg)
• Hiki nō Okay! It’s alright! Can!
• `O wau kekahi! Me too!
• Pēia pū! Same to you!
• Kihe a mauli ola! Bless you!
(Ola!) (Sneeze and live!)
• Aloha nō Too bad. Poor thing.

12. NĀ `ŌLELO PŌKOLE
• Uihā! Yay! Yeah!
• Hūlō ! Hooray!
• Ho`omaika`i! Congratulations!
• Hau`oli Lā Hānau! Happy Birthday!
• Hau`oli Lā Ho`omana`o! Happy Anniversary!
Hau`oli Lā Piha Makahiki!
• Me ke aloha With love

13. If you have any
questions, please
ask them on the
Discussion Board.
Mahalo!