`Ōlelo Hawai`i

For interested haumana, below are some `Ōlelo Hawai`i (Hawaiian language) resources for your edification!  You may find other good resources by doing your own online search and there are also many good books on the subject.  

Duolingo Hawaiian is accessible as a website on your computer or may be installed as an app on your phone.  Both the app and the website are accessible without charge, although Duolingo also offers a premium service for a fee.   Click below to go to the webapp or search your app store to install it on your phone.

 Kaliko Beamer-Trapp and his female partner, Kiele Akana-Gooch, act as guides in this language program, which presents the history, culture, place names, and music of the Hawaiian Islands, as well as the language. Lessons cover the Hawaiian phonetic system, basic greetings, pronouns, verb usage, a variety of vocabulary areas, and Hawaiian syntax. Kaliko and Kiele read the sample dialogues, giving the listener the chance to hear male and female voices in action. 

This is an 8-CD program available in our halau library.  Please check out only one CD at a time.  You may also find this available for purchase on Amazon

Kulāiwi TV is a series of 12 youtube videos produced by Kamehameha Schools in 1994.  

 Ka Leo ʻŌiwi provides a strong basic and fun foundation of the ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) through engagement and interaction with the characters. Ka Leo ʻŌiwi also encourages the viewer(s) to be a part of the lessons through the lohe (hear), ʻoni (act), and walaʻau (speak) style, where the lessons enhance your ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi skills by adding practical use of ʻōlelo in daily conversations.

Pepa kākoʻo (support sheets) are also provided for practice and strengthening sentence structures learned from each episode!

Many of the lessons covered in Ka Leo ʻŌiwi are included in “Nā Kai ʻEwalu”, by Kauanoe Kamanā and Pila Wilson. To order a copy of the book, visit Hale Kuamoʻo.

 `Ōlelo Hawai`i Makahiki `ekahi is a series of audio recordings to teach beginning Hawaiian language.  This series was created at University of Hawaii and is narrated by Kainani Kahaunaele.  It is based on the book Nā Kai `Ewalu.  The book may be purchased through University of Hawaii bookstore.  Click here to access the book order form:  www.olelo.hawaii.edu/pdf/NKE-Palapala-Oka-2015.pdf

A quick and easy online Hawaiian dictionary.  Enter any English or Hawaiian word and it will translate it for you.

A grammar reference guide for the Hawaiian Language.   It provides a quick reference to most grammatical constructs that a student of the Hawaiian language will encounter.  Also includes examples and further discussion of many topics.