Aloha

Hello
 Pehea ‘oe?

How are you?

Maika‘i

Fine
 Maika‘i nō
Fine (more emphatic)
 Oia mau

Same as always
 Oia mau nō

Same as always
(more emphatic)
māluhiluhi

tired
pīhoihoi

excited
hau‘oli

happy
 (‘ano) ma‘i

(kind of) sick

kaumaha

sad
 ‘O wai kou inoa?

What’s your name?

 A pehea ‘oe?

And how are you?

 e

(used when addressing

someone)
‘O ___ ko‘u inoa.

My name is ___.
A hui hou.

Good-bye.
Mākaukau?

Ready?
‘Ae

Yes
‘A‘ole

No
E ‘olu‘olu ‘oe…
…ke ‘olu‘olu ‘oe.
Please…
…please.
 kālā

dollar, money
‘A‘ole pilikia
No problem
E kala mai
Excuse (me)
‘Ehia ou makahiki?

How old are you?

 he
(indicates amount
numbers from 10 to 99)
(He) ___ o‘u makahiki

I’m ___ years old.

 ‘ole (‘a‘ohe)

zero (none, no more)

‘ekahi (ho‘okahi)

one (alone)
‘elua
two
‘ekolu
three
‘ehā

four
‘eiwa

nine
‘ewalu
eight
‘elima
five
‘eono
six
‘ehiku

seven
‘umi (he ‘umi…)

ten
‘umikūmākahi

11
‘umikūmālua

12
‘umikūmākolu

13
‘umikūmāhā

14
‘umikūmālima

15
‘umikūmāono

16
‘umikūmāhiku

17
‘umikūmāwalu

18
‘umikūmāiwa

19
 iwakālua
(he iwakālua)
20
iwakāluakūmākahi

21
iwakāluakūmālua

22
iwakāluakūmākolu

23
iwakāluakūmāhā

24
iwakāluakūmālima

25
iwakāluakūmāono

26
iwakāluakūmāhiku

27
iwakāluakūmāwalu

28
iwakāluakūmāiwa

29
kanakolu

30
kanakolukūmākahi

31
kanahā

40
kanalima

50
kanaono

60
kanahiku

70
kanawalu

80
kanaiwa

90
ho‘okahi haneli

100
 Pololei

Correct
(right, accurate)
‘A‘ole pololei
‘A‘ole pololei (not
right, not accurate)
(‘O ka) hola ‘ehia
kēia?
What time is it?
(‘O ka) hola ‘ekahi

1:00
(O ka) hapalua hola
‘ekolu
3:30
i hala ka hola __

after __ , past __
(in telling time)
i koe kani ka hola __

before __ , to __
(in telling time)
he iwakālua minuke i
hala ka hola ‘ehā
4:20
he ‘umi minuke i koe
kani ka hola ‘elima
4:50
hapahā i hala ka hola
‘elua
2:15
hapahā i koe kani ka
hola ‘ekolu
2:45
i ka hola ‘ehia?

at what time?
i ka hola ‘elua

At 2:00
 o ke kakahiaka

in the morning (a.m.)

 o ke awakea

midday (a.m., p.m.)

 o ka ‘auinalā

in the afternoon (p.m.)

 o ka wana‘ao

after midnight to dawn

(a.m.)
 o ka pō

in the evening (p.m.)

 o ke ahiahi

in the evening (p.m.)

Po‘akahi (P1)

Monday
 o ke aumoe

late at night, midnight

(p.m.)
 Maopopo ia‘u

I know, I understand
Po‘alima (P5)

Friday
Po‘akolu (P3)

Wednesday
Po‘ahā (P4)

Thursday
Po‘aono

Saturday
Po‘alua (P2)

Tuesday
Lāpule

Sunday
(‘O ka) po‘ahia kēia?

What day of the week

is this?
‘A‘ole maopopo ia‘u

I don’t know,
I don’t understand
(‘O ka) Po‘alua kēia.

This is Tuesday.
 i ka po‘ahia?

on what day of the

week?
i ka Po‘alima
on Friday
Mei

May
Ianuali
January
i ke ahiahi Lāpule

on Sunday evening
Iulai

July
Malaki
March
Kepakemapa
September
‘Apelila

April
Pepeluali

February
Kekemapa

December
‘Aukake

August
Iune

June
‘Okakopa

October
(‘O ka) mahina hea
kēia?
What month is this?
Nowemapa
November
‘O kēia ka mahina ‘o
Mei.
This is the month of
May.
(‘O ka) lā ‘ehia kēia?

What is today’s date?

‘O ka lā ‘umi kēia o
Malaki.
This is March 10.
 i ka lā ‘ehia?

on what day
(of the month)?
‘Ōlelo hou

Repeat
 i ka lā mua o
‘Okakopa
on the first day of
October
ke anuanu

(the) cold
ka hu‘ihu‘i
(the) chilly
ka pumehana
(the) warm
 ka pouli

(the) overcast, cloudy

ka makani
(the) windy
 ka mālie

(the) calm
 ka ua

(the) rainy
ka wela

(the) hot
 ka ‘ino

(the) stormy
 ka ‘olu‘olu

(the) cool, pleasant

 ke kau

(the) season
 ke kauwela

(the) summer
kēia lā

today
 ka hā‘ulelau

(the) autumn, fall

ka ho‘oilo

(the) winter
ke kupulau

(the) spring
 Pehea?
How is / are?
Pehea kēia lā? wela?

How’s (the weather)

today? Hot?
 nō
(emphasis on
preceeding word or
phrase)
Wela kēia lā.
Today is hot.
He lā wela kēia.

This is a hot day.

He aha?
What?