HAWAIIAN GOODNESS
Even for the Mainlander
Vignettes
with Hawaiian subtitles
These small videos are all exclusively in Hawaiian so that you can hear the language in everyday situations. Because the audio quality is old, it can be pretty hard to understand the dialogue. Here, once you click CC ("closed captions") on the video, you'll be able to follow along with the Hawaiian subtitles. See how much you can understand without translating!
These small videos accompany the Kulāiwi Hawaiian language learning series. If you're having trouble with a particular vignette, watch the associated lesson to help out with the applied grammar and vocab!
SCENARIO: Kunāne, Pualei, and Keʻalohi meet Tūtū's friend ʻAnakē Lehua
GRAMMAR: Greetings, introductions, and basic commands
SCENARIO: Our ʻohana and ʻAnakē Lehua go to a Hawaiian restaurant
GRAMMAR: Expressing want
SCENARIO: Keʻalohi is anxious about her first day of school tomorrow,
but feels better after a dream
GRAMMAR: Greetings, introductions, basic commands, expressing want
SCENARIO: Our ʻohana and ʻAnakē Lehua go to a Hawaiian restaurant
GRAMMAR: Review, longer sentences
SCENARIO: Kunāne goes out with Mālani and Lauaʻe to the movie theater
GRAMMAR: Describing people, using iā with names
SCENARIO: Kunāne goes shopping with Mālani and Lauaʻe at the mall and he wants to buy a gift for Keʻalohi
GRAMMAR: Review, longer sentences
SCENARIO: Kunāne visits ʻAnakala Kaʻeo to help him fix his car.
He sees his friend Mālani and is introduced to his cousin.
GRAMMAR: Review (Introductions, commands/suggestions)
SCENARIO: Kunāne talks to Tūtū about what Hawaiian sovereignty and responsibility means to them
GRAMMAR: Equational sentences
SCENARIO: Kunāne joins Mālani and his friends in paddling a canoe
GRAMMAR: Aia sentences, Locatives
SCENARIO: Kunāne and Laua'e travel off island
GRAMMAR: Review (Aia sentences, Locatives, Equational sentences)
SCENARIO: Kunāne and Pualei visit ʻAnakē Lehua.
GRAMMAR: He aha kēia? He __ kēnā sentences
SCENARIO: Our ʻohana goes to church.
GRAMMAR: Brief review (Greetings, introductions)
SCENARIO: Kunāne goes to the mall with his friends
to buy a graduation gift for a friend of his
GRAMMAR: Kēia vs Kēnā vs Kēlā
SCENARIO: Kunāne, Kalama, and Kauʻi get ready for the
graduation ceremony
GRAMMAR: Past Tense (Ua), Present Progressive Tense (Ke__nei),
and Future Tense (E__ana)
SCENARIO: Kunāne hosts his graduation part
GRAMMAR: Review of tenses
SCENARIO: Kunāne, Kalama, and Keawe move into their new dorms
GRAMMAR: Review of tenses, tenses in Negative sentences
SCENARIO: The girls prepare food for a party
GRAMMAR: Review (Tenses, Aia sentences, Locatives), Numbers, Time
SCENARIO: Kunāne chats with Kalama while getting his hair cut
GRAMMAR: Review
All together!
Watch all of these vignettes back-to-back.
Don't worry - there's subtitles here too!