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Hawaiian Beginner Vocab - Week, Times
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!
Days of the Week, Times of the Day
General calendar, Useful phrases
Lā = Day; Sun
Pō = Night; Darkness
Manawa = Time, instance (“one time…”)
(i) Kēia lā = Today
(i) Kēia mau lā = These days, now, nowadays
(i) Kēia pō = Tonight
(i) Kēia manawa = Now, right now
(i) Ka lā apau = All day
(i) Nā lā apau = Every day
Nehinei = Yesterday
Lā ʻapōpō = Tomorrow
Pule = Week
Hopena pule = Weekend [literal]
Mahina = Month
Makahiki = Year
Days of the week
Pōʻahia? = What/which day?
Pōʻakahi = Monday
Pōʻalua = Tuesday
Pōʻakolu = Wednesday
Pōʻahā = Thursday
Pōʻalima = Friday
Pōʻaono = Saturday
Lāpule = Sunday
Greetings
Aloha… = Good…
Kakahiaka = Morning (dawn until ~10:00am)
Awakea = Midday (10:00am - 2:00pm)
ʻauinalā = Afternoon (until ~4:00pm)
Ahiahi = Evening
Aumoe = Midnight hours
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!
