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Hawaiian Beginner Vocab - Places, Locatives
This next set of vocab not only adds to the nouns that you know, but here we learn Locatives. These are small phrases that tell you where something is located. The nouns learned here, therefore, pertain to places so you can practice!
Test what you've learned with the vocab quizzes below!
Places, Locatives
Places
ʻāina (Land, earth)
ʻāina ʻē (Foreign country, distant land)
ʻāina hānau (Birthplace)
Wahi (Place)
*Kahi (= ka wahi)
Kūlanakauhale (City, town)
Hale kūʻai (Store)
Hale pule (Church)
Hale leka (Post office)
Mākeke (Market)
Hōkele (Hotel)
Haukapila (Hospital)
Pāka (Park)
Kahakai (usually no “ke”) (Beach)
Ala (Path, way)
Ala nui (Road, street)
Huina ala nui (Street corner, intersection)
Locatives
Ma __ o [or] i __ o
Luna (Above, on top (of), up)
Lalo (Down, downward; under, beneath)
Waho (Out, outside (of))
Loko (In, inside, within)
Waena (Middle, in the middle (of),
center (of), between)
Mua (Before; Beforehand; in front (of))
Hope (After, later; behind, back (of))
Uka (Upland, inland, mountainward)
Kai (Sea, seaward)
Hema (Left; South)
ʻākau (Right; North)
Ma ʻō [visible, can point to] (There)
Ma laila [aforementioned in conversation] (There)
Ma ʻaneʻi (Here)
The first button below will take you to Quizlet - this site will allow you to view this vocab list, practice using flashcards, play word games, and quiz yourself. Click there to access these features!
The second button below will take you to Memrise - I created a specific quiz that will test you on these terms with only pictures as a prompt. This means that you won't see any English, and you'll get to exercise your knowledge of these words in Hawaiian only! Some words are impossible to put to an image, however, so some may be missing.
But remember: nothing beats good, old-fashioned pen and paper!
