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Lesson 8 of 10
Getting around in Hawaiian
Left, right, the station, one ticket, where is the toilet. 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
- Aia i hea ka lua?ai-AH ee HEH-ah kah LOO-ah
- Where is the toilet?
- Pehea au e hele ai i...?peh-HEH-ah OW eh HEH-leh ai ee
- How do I get to...?
- I ka hemaee kah HEH-mah
- To the left
- I ka ʻākauee kah AH-kow
- To the right
- Pololeipoh-loh-LAY
- Straight ahead
- Ma ʻaneʻimah ah-NEH-ee
- Here
- Kahua kaʻaahikah-HOO-ah kah-ah-AH-hee
- Train station
- Kaʻa ʻōhuaKAH-ah oh-HOO-ah
- Bus
- Kahua mokulelekah-HOO-ah moh-koo-LEH-leh
- Airport
- Hoʻokahi likiki, e ʻoluʻoluhoh-oh-KAH-hee lee-KEE-kee, eh OH-loo-OH-loo
- One ticket, please
Lua is literally "hole".
Islanders also give directions as mauka (toward the mountains) and makai (toward the sea).
Also means correct.
Literally "fire wagon station". Honolulu's Skyline rail is the islands' only passenger line.
Literally "passenger car". Oʻahu's bus is simply called TheBus.
Literally "flying ship field".