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Lesson 6 of 10
Cafe and restaurant in Hawaiian
A table, the menu, what you cannot eat, and a compliment to the kitchen. Play the ten Hawaiian words against the clock, with a note on how locals really use each one after every answer. All ten are written out below.
All 10 Hawaiian phrases in this lesson
- He pākaukau no ʻeluaheh pah-kow-KOW noh eh-LOO-ah
- A table for two
- Ka papa ʻai, e ʻoluʻolukah PAH-pah AI, eh OH-loo-OH-loo
- The menu, please
- He aha ka mea ʻono?heh AH-hah kah MEH-ah OH-noh
- What do you recommend?
- ʻAʻole au e ʻai i ka...ah-OH-leh OW eh AI ee kah
- I don't eat...
- Maʻi ʻaʻaka au i ka...MAH-ee ah-AH-kah OW ee kah
- I'm allergic to...
- ʻIʻoEE-oh
- Meat
- MoaMOH-ah
- Chicken
- IʻaEE-ah
- Fish
- ʻOnoOH-noh
- It's delicious
- ʻŌkole maluna!oh-KOH-leh mah-LOO-nah
- Cheers
Literally "the food board".
Literally "what is the tasty thing?". Poke and kālua pig are local favorites.
Wild chickens roam freely on Kauaʻi.
Used in everyday island English too: "so ʻono".
Literally "bottoms up", a cheeky local toast.