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Lesson 2 of 10
Order anything by pointing in Hawaiian
I would like, this one, how much, the bill: survive any counter or menu. 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 11 Hawaiian phrases in this lesson
- Makemake au i...mah-keh-MAH-keh OW ee
- I would like...
- KēiaKAY-ah
- This one
- ʻEhia ke kumukūʻai?eh-HEE-ah keh koo-moo-KOO-ai
- How much is it?
- Ka pila, e ʻoluʻolukah PEE-lah, eh OH-loo-OH-loo
- The bill, please
- Me ke kālekameh keh kah-LEH-kah
- By card
- Me ke kālāmeh keh kah-LAH
- In cash
- Waiwai
- Water
- KopeKOH-peh
- Coffee
- Kīkee
- Tea
- PiaPEE-ah
- Beer
- Me ka ʻole o...meh kah OH-leh oh
- Without...
Literally "I want": "makemake au i ke kope".
Point and say it.
Literally "how much is the price?".
Pila is borrowed from English bill.
Kāleka is card. In practice everyone pays in English.
Kālā is money, from dollar.
Fresh water was so central that wealth, waiwai, is water doubled.
Kona coffee is grown on the slopes of the Big Island.
Pia means beer and also arrowroot starch.
Literally "with the absence of ...".