The Hawaiian Home Page: Comprehensive Cultural Links - The Hula Pages
What's New?
Updated:
10/2003The Hawaiian Language Web Site
October
18, 2003: Beginning Hawaiian Language Workshop Notes: 2nd Annual
Southern California `Ukulele Festival
The Hawaiian Home Page: Comprehensive Cultural Links
- The Hula Pages
What's New?
Updated:
10/2003
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Aunty D
He mai! Mai! Mai!
He mai e ku`u hoaaloha o ka`ôlelo Hawai`i.
Ua ao kêia `ao`ao `upena nei, ua hiki mai la `oe.
Mai, mai! Eia nô au nei."
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The Call to the Hawaiian Language Greetings and Invitation to Learn the Language
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E `Ôlelo Kâua I Ka `Ôlelo Hawai`i ! |
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" An interminable language...it is one of the oldest living languages of the earth,as some conjecture, and may well be classed among the best ...the thought to displace it, or to doom it to oblivion by substituting the English language, ought not for a moment to be indulged. Long live the grand old, sonorous, poetical Hawaiian language." ~The Rev. Lorenzo Lyons
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T he reasons to learn and cherish the Hawaiian language are many and varied. Ultimately, the desire... or the need... comes from within.I received the call to return home, "gift-wrapped in song and chant." Keali`i Reichel was my `ânela (angel, which means "messenger") and my desire to learn Hawaiian was ignited.Whether your desire burns like a raging fire, glows softly, or just barely smolders, it is enough to get you started here. Perhaps, for you, too, the need will become apparent. |
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W hat's new on this site will be listed here for the convenience of frequenters. |
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T hese beginner lessons are for the curious, the "local", the visitor, the expatriate, the homesick, the Hawaiian music lover, the hula aficionado, the `ukulele player, the culturally-aware, the unaware, and the-somewhere-in-between...the casual or the serious student. Browse through the Table of Contents ; there's something there for just about everyone ... including, maybe, you.Frequenters to this site tell us that these are their favorites:
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C ome visit! E kipa mai!On the lânai, you will find journal musings... but only if you care to listen. Here's a sampling: |
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T hese are the cyber-places to return time and time again ... to link up with friends and "talk story", listen to Hawaiian music, brush up on cultural knowledge, look up recipes, gaze dreamily at photographs of wahi pana (celebrated, noted, or legendary places), and read Hawai`i's daily newspapers and magazines. |
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I 've searched the web and book-marked these URLs. They are collected here on one page for your convenience and perusal. If you are interested in a real-time class, check Hawaiian Language Classes. |
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S pread The Aloha Spirit...and learn some Hawaiian too.Send an Aloha "cybercard" with an `ôlelo no`eau (words of wisdom / proverbs) to someone who lives Aloha; or who you have Aloha for; or those may be in need of some Aloha to brighten their day. |
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W ill you help? E kôkua mai ana `oe?Here's my outstretched hand. Grab onto it and hop on to the Hawaiian Language bandwagon ... together, we will make a positive difference. Spread the word. Use the words. Sing them. Love them. Make them live.... mau loa (forever). |
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E -mail. Your comments and thoughts are welcome, but I must apologize ahead of time.The volume of e-mail has been quite staggering. While the interest generated by this site is surprising and gratifying, try as I might, I am unable to keep up with replies back to you. This site is maintained during my free time, which is, unfortunately, as limited as yours. Do know that each e-mail is, however, read and much appreciated. Please click here if you have Translation Requests. |
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A n unexpected joy of this experience is hearing from you.Hawaiians believe that words have power. And indeed they do. Your expressions of mahalo and aloha serve as powerful incentives to "keep keeping on" with these pages. Your shared experiences inspire me and others who frequent these pages.
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Mahalo iâ `oe no ke kipa
`ana mai. E kipa mai hou! Aloha kekahi i kekahi. Love one another.  Me ke aloha pumehana, Aunty D |
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Mahalo to Suite 101 and Tony Kwak for this award. |
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