![]() For a more complete list of Hawaiian words, go to or. Most vowels are sounded separately, though some are pronounced together, as in Kalakaua: Kah-lah- cow-ah.īelow are some basic Hawaiian words that you'll often hear in Hawaii. The vowels are pronounced in the Roman fashion: that is, ah, ay, ee, oh, and oo (as in "too") - not ay, ee, eye, oh, and you, as in English. The Hawaiian alphabet, created by the New England missionaries, has only 12 letters: the five regular vowels ( a, e, i, o, and u) and seven consonants ( h, k, l, m, n, p, and w). You eat pupu (Hawaii's version of hors d'oeuvres) when you go pau hana. When you finish a job or your meal, you are pau (finished). Someone who's been here a long time is a kamaaina. If you've just arrived, you're a malihini. And when I say our, I mean everybody who’s from here and everyone who chooses to live here. ![]() ![]() All visitors will hear the words aloha and mahalo (thank you). It’s not an official language, but Hawaiian Creole is our language. But many folks in Hawaii now speak Hawaiian as well. ![]()
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