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Lesson 5 of 10

Shops and hotels in Hawaiian

Open, closed, a bag, the wifi password: the checkout and the front desk. 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.

A street leading into Waikīkī in Honolulu, Hawaii
Shops and hotels
10 words · 20 seconds each · 8 of 10 to pass
What it meansHow to say it
Daniel Ramirez, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

All 10 Hawaiian phrases in this lesson

Loaʻa iā ʻoe...?loh-AH-ah ee-AH OH-eh
Do you have...?

Literally "do you have ...?".

Aia i hea...?ai-AH ee HEH-ah
Where is...?
Wehe ʻiaVEH-heh EE-ah
Open

Literally "opened".

Pani ʻiaPAH-nee EE-ah
Closed

Literally "closed".

He ʻeke?heh EH-keh
A bag?
Pipiʻi loapee-PEE-ee LOH-ah
Too expensive
Ua hoʻopaʻa auoo-ah hoh-oh-PAH-ah OW
I have a reservation

Literally "I booked".

Ua komo pū ka ʻaina kakahiaka?oo-ah KOH-moh POO kah AI-nah kah-kah-hee-AH-kah
Is breakfast included?

ʻAina kakahiaka is breakfast, the morning meal.

He aha ka ʻōlelo huna o ka wifi?heh AH-hah kah OH-leh-loh HOO-nah oh kah WAI-fai
What's the wifi password?

ʻŌlelo huna is "secret word".

Hiki iaʻu ke...?HEE-kee ee-AH-oo keh
Can I...?

Where Hawaiian is spoken

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