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Lesson 7 of 10
Meeting people in Hawaiian
How are you, what is your name, where are you from, I like it: the first five minutes. 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
- Pehea ʻoe?peh-HEH-ah OH-eh
- How are you?
- Maikaʻi nō, mahalomai-KAH-ee NOH, mah-HAH-loh
- I'm fine, thanks
- A ʻo ʻoe?ah oh OH-eh
- And you?
- ʻO wai kou inoa?oh VAI KOH ee-NOH-ah
- What's your name?
- ʻO ... koʻu inoaoh ... KOH-oo ee-NOH-ah
- My name is...
- No hea mai ʻoe?noh HEH-ah mai OH-eh
- Where are you from?
- No ... mai aunoh ... mai OW
- I'm from...
- Hoihoi auhoy-HOY OW
- I like it
- NaniNAH-nee
- It's beautiful
- E komo maieh KOH-moh MAI
- Welcome
The name goes in the middle.
Literally "I am pleased".
"Nani loa", very beautiful.
Literally "come in", the welcome on every door.