Each month, we took a look at the grammar of one Hawaiian proverb (" ʻŌlelo Noʻeau"). Here is the list of the ones we analyzed this year (focusing on "aloha") so you can review their wisdom, brush up on the grammar/vocab as needed, and motivate yourself to learn more Hawaiian language in the coming year!
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January:
ʻAle mai ke aloha kau i ka maka.
Love comes like a billow and rests before the eyes.
February:
Aloha mai nō, aloha aku; ʻO ka huhū ka mea e ola ʻole ai.
When love is given, love should be returned; anger is the thing that gives no life.
March:
ʻAʻohe kanaka i ʻeha ʻole i ke aloha.
Nobody has ever missed feeling the pang of love.
April:
ʻAʻohe loa i ka hana a ke aloha.
Distance is ignored by love.
May:
ʻEha i ka ʻeha lima ʻole a ke aloha.
He is smitten by love, with a pain administered without hands.
June:
E lei kau, e lei hoʻoilo i ke aloha.
Love is worn like a wreath through the summers and the winters.
July:
E lei nō au i ko aloha.
I will wear your love as a wreath.
August:
He aliʻi ka laʻi, he haku na ke aloha.
Peace is a chief, the lord of love.
September:
He aliʻi ke aloha, he kilohana e paʻa ai.
Love is like a chief: the best prize to hold fast to.
October:
He kauwā ke kanaka na ke aloha.
Man is a slave of love.
November:
He kēhau hoʻomaʻemaʻe ke aloha.
Love is like a cleansing dew.
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See you next year for more ʻŌlelo Noʻeau and more content to help you through your Hawaiian language and cultural studies!
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