Re: Hawaiian Language Lesson1

[baconluv5]

can you tell us what you said plz

[dukemasuya]

@baconluv5 This video was a response to a video that has been since removed by the user. The sentences were:

Ua hele aku au. - I went out.

Ua hele aku 'oe. - You went out.

Ua hele aku 'o ia. - He/she went out.

Ua hele aku 'o Donny. - Donny went out.

The rest of the Hawaiian was incidental. I made this video a very long time ago so my pronunciation was very bad back then. :D Heehee!

[baconluv5]

@dukemasuya haha thats ok thanks !

[kaleianani808]

so just because he's "haole" he's not allowed to learn this beautiful language?braddah dont worry about the haters..if you take interest in it, good for you! honestly, that so shame that "hawaiians" are being so hateful..hawaiian is more than just a bloodline..its the way you act also..it is aloha!! Just be glad that our language is not dying anymore..

[hiloboiz25]

just because u r haole doesnt mean u cant learn our language but u still have a long way to go like the order pronunciation and the kahako and okina parts but keep trying just dont make fun of or language

[hiloboiz25]

i Go to Kamehameha School and i kinda think that its not even funny when ppl try to speak hawaiian 'Olelo hawaii so much u need to know before u just say out random hawaiian words theres a specific order to it

[yamadaz808]

aloha mai :)

I dont mind you speaking 'olelo Hawaii but I would love for you to say what you just said. it would help other people know what you said. Like 'O ia, 'oe, au/wau. I just think that other people who doesn't know what " Ua hele aku au" would like to know what it unuhi to. Nui ka hau'oli o'u no kau a'o. mahalo no kou mahele ana :)

malama

[dukemasuya]

@yamadaz808 Aloha mai! I made this video quite a while back as was evident and it is infact a video response to a video that was teaching those sentences, rather than an actual lesson. I believe that the aforementioned video has now been removed but I'm not sure. E kala mai ia'u!

[yamadaz808]

@dukemasuya aloha mai :)

a'ole pilikia. Dont worry about it I didnt know it was response to another vid. lol I finally get the "Re:" now. But mahalo nui hou :)

[leoku15]

Maika'i braddah! you just keep doing what you're doing, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Some hawaiians are too moloā these days to learn their own language, so they rag on people who are making the effort to learn. That is not the true hawaiian spirit, shame on them! Anyway, you just holo i mua with what you're doing! Malama pono!

[sonickage]

@ThatOneHawaiian jesus just cause hes white means he cant learn a beautiful language!? you racist piece of shit

[malaihiboi]

Respect.

[kanehawaii]

Aelike, aelike! He ha`awina ma`alahi kela! `olelo pololei`ole kakou i kekahi manawa aka a`ole kupuna hapa nui ho`opololei i kanaka ho`a`o.

Good lesson Palala! Simple phrases lilke goes a long way. However most kupuna wouldn't really correct someone who is making a good effort of speaking.

[donzaliko]

u la hele aku au :d

[dukemasuya]

@donzaliko Pardon me! Do you mean "Ua hele aku au"?

[donzaliko]

@dukemasuya yeah!!! Ua hele aku au :D

thx.

[wolfsRain5577]

Mahalo!

[colbybabolbi]

maikai no, aka, pono oe e shut the hell up! no ka mea ke ae nei o ia.

[dukemasuya]

E kala mai, please explain what you mean in English. Mahalo!

[ponokillahz]

IMUA keep it up ur not bad

[hnlmkk]

wth? Dude, he awesome hoi oe! Nui ko'u iini i ko palale pelekane. No hea mai oe? He hauoli ho'i au e ike i ka poe malihini i ka ao ana mai i ka olelo makuahine. Maikai no!

[dukemasuya]

No Nuholani mai au. O keia wikio ka'u wikio mua loa no laila, 'a'ole maika'i ko'u puana. Mahalo nui no kou leka uila. A hui hou!

[Kamaka675]

Mai kalele i kana olelo, oiai, akahi no o hnlmkk a hoomaka e ao i ka olelo Hawaii. Nui ka hoi na hewa ma kana mau mamala olelo. Oi aku ko akamai i keia olelo ma mua ona, a he Hawaii kela (wahi a ka lohe).

[dukemasuya]

Hiki no, I think I understand what you're trying to say. I'll say now that I am not perfect and I don't claim to be anymore smart than anyone else in fact I'd say I'm the worst haumana ever. I need to do more constant study. Anyway, he's trying!

[Kamaka675]

You're not bad at all. You speak quite well for someone who just started out, especially if you haven't spent a lot of time around people who speak it regularly. Even so, your competency in the language exceeds that of our extra terrestrial esque friend.

[dukemasuya]

Why is he extra terrestrial esque?

[Kamaka675]

Inbreeding, lack of nutrition, and a heavy cocaine addiction might account for it.

[dukemasuya]

I don't think we should discuss that further. I know that you don't respect hnlmkk as I have read discussions on other places of this website. I would appreciate it if you don't talk that way on my videos or pages. Mahalo nui!

[Kamaka675]

Aia wale no ia i kou manao. Aloha no.

[alika207]

Did you mean to write "mana'o?"

[Kamaka675]

No, I meant to write what I wrote. If you read over my comments on this page, I do not use markers for the macron or glottal stop, with the exception of the first person singular possessives, in order to differentiate between koʻu/kaʻu/oʻu/aʻu/noʻu/naʻu from kou/kāu/ou/āu/nou/nāu. Writing in this fashion was quite common among native speakers. But writing with macrons and glottal stops has become common practice nowadays for the convenience of language learners.

[alika207]

hiki. E kala mai no.

[mynameisrisa20]

maika'i! so wonderful to see the language being spoken!

[kanehawaii]

Auwe, maika`i no i `olelo Hawai` e kanaka e! he pololei 'oe i ka ho`opa`a i na puana i na hua `olelo Hawai`i. No no`u mana`o he minamina noho`i i a'ohe nui kanaka Hawai`i maoli i a`ole hiki ke ka `alelo makuanine=(..... aka `o `oe maika`i loa i ho`ike ma keia utube website. HO`OMAU!!!

[dukemasuya]

Mahalo nui! 'Ae, e ho'omau au.

[LunarEclipse515]

r u hawaiian?

[dukemasuya]

@LunarEclipse515 No, far from. I just love olelo Hawaii.

[olelokanaka]

E ke hoa, ina oe makemake, e nana ma ka punaewele, imi ia Clinton Kanahele. Loaa kekahi website me kana ninaninau ana i na kupuna, na manaleo o Hawaii nei. Maikai ka olelo kanaka ana. He mea maikai no ka pepiao ke hoolohe aku. E hoopili mai. Hoomau oe i kau hana kupono, ka hoopaa naau i ka olelo makamae o keia pae aina aloha nui, oia no o Hawaii nei. ano ai me ke aloha no a hui hou aku no.

O.K.

[dukemasuya]

Ae! Ike au i kela kahua paa (website). Ua olelo mai o Alika McNicoll (he kumu mai Punana Leo) i kela kahua paa. Ua hoolohe au i kekahi mau ninaninau. Ua ano paakiki aka nanae loa ke hoolohe i na moolelo o na kupuna Hawaii.

He ninau ka'u. He aha kou manao o "E hoopili mai"? Ua olelo oe i kela i kou post hope.

Mahalo nui no kou leka uila mai. A hui hou!

[olelokanaka]

Eia ka'u unuhi. It is a good thing for the ears to listen. Imitate and mimic (ma ka olelo ana).

[Mizutoki808]

Maika'i no e nana ai i keia wikio. Aloha wau i ka 'olelo hawai'i a makemake au e ho'omau i ia. E ola mau na manaleo! (:

Btw, cute accent(: Lol

[dukemasuya]

Mahalo nui!

[dukemasuya]

Mele Kalikimaka a me ka Makahiki hou iā kākou apau. E hana ana au i kekahi wikio me nā aloha Kalikimaka i nā ʻōlelo like ʻole. A hui hou!

[evilkillerpenguin]

Huh... some Hawaiian kinda sounds like Maori

[dukemasuya]

Tēnā koe, e hoa! Ae! It does a bit. I have been learning a bit of te reo and I remember hearing words like koe, aroha, ingoa, tātou, rātou etc. and thinking "Wow! This sounds a lil like Hawaiian". Because of their Polynesian connections, it is in some ways similar. Do you speak te reo? E noho rā, ma te Atua koe e tiaki!

[evilkillerpenguin]

Nah, not really. I can speak a few words like Tamariki (children), Tangata (people), the numbers, y'know the basics of Maori.

But I can tell if the language is Maori or Hawaiian, just by looking at the style of the writing.

[olelokanaka]

E hoomau oe i kau hana kupono, oia no o ka olelo Hawaii, o ka Olelo Kanaka hoʻi. Maikai ke aʻo ana. I koʻu manao, he mea ole ka okina a me ke kahako a ina oe e hoopololei i kekahi, e holo me ka akahele loa no ka mea hele a huhu kekahi kanaka koko Hawaii. Aka naʻe e hoomau oe i ke aʻo ana i ka olelo Hawaii. Ina oe makemake i kekahi hoopaa ana o na native speakers, e leku uila mai oe iaʻu. Aloha no mahope.

[dukemasuya]

Mahalo nui no kou naʻauao. ʻAe, e leka uila aku ana iā ʻoe i kekahi manawa no ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana. ʻO wai kou inoa a nō hea mai ʻoe? A hui hou a na ke Akua hoʻopōmaikaʻi iā ʻoe i kēia wā Kalikimaka!

[olelokanaka]

Aloha mai e kuu hoa Helene, pua o Nuholani. O wau keia no o Olelokanaka. He keiki no au no keia pae aina o Hawaii nei. Ke noho nei au ma ka mokupuni o Kakuhiewa, o Oahu a Lua nohoi. Aka nae no Maui a Kama a me ka Mokupuni nui o Keawe nohoi ka ohana. a hui hou.

[wildnfree87]

One way to keep the culture alive is spread the language. Look at how english has spread european culture. Very good work on the Hawaiian

[dukemasuya]

Mahalo nui for your encouragement. ʻAe, pololei kēlā! Yes, what you said is quite true. One goal for me through making videos (when I can) is to help spread the language and make people aware. We need to use the ʻōlelo whenever and wherever we can. A hui hou! Bye!

[radchic88]

First being from Hawaiian descent, living in Hawaii, and learning Hawaiian I feel that I should point something out on your pronunciation. When pronouncing the W, its not a sharp V sound. Dont lengthen the vowels. Speak with the front of your tongue.

[dukemasuya]

Mahalo nui! Yea, I need to work on my pronunciation and I know that. I just think that it would be awesome for everyone who can speak Hawaiian to post some videos on Youtube of themselves speaking Hawaiian. You don't need to show your face. Just buy a microphone and speak. Hiki au ke hoʻopili aku iā ʻoukou! Hehe! But thanx for the feedback. A hui hou a na ke Akua hoʻopōmaika'i iā ʻoe!

[dukemasuya]

The reason I said that I could imitate you all is so I can make my pronunciation better. After all, I don't live in Hawai'i so I don't hear the language all the time. Mahalo again!

[hawaiianproductionz]

Sorry, i get really offensive when another person not of hawaiian blood, tries to learn the language, but still, no matter what he/she does, he/she still cant pernounce it correctly. Oe' leo pa'a, kanapapiki! O' Maui, no ka 'oi!Anyways, please stop making hawaiian videos id really appreciate it.Besides you haoles, are still trying to take our land here in hawaii, take away our schools, including Kamehameha Schools,so please be considerate! Mahalo Nui, a' pau

[xredsandx]

It's an unfortunate situation that in all of your racially charged rhetoric, your Hawaiian language proficiency is atrocious. As a matter of fact, the sheer number of grammatical errors in your pathetic attempt at generating genuine Hawaiian sentences is embarrassing to the Hawaiian people. His Hawaiian is better than yours. And he isn't trying to steal your land. Linguistically and culturally ignorant racists like you should be converted into biofuel one by one.

[Kamaka675]

@tornjeenz1 Xredsandx's comment isn't in response to Duke. He was defending Duke against Hawaiianproductionz who called duke out on being white, learning Hawaiian and sucking at it. He accused Duke of horrible pronunciation, and tried to accost him in Hawaiian. But Hawaiianproductionz's Hawaiian was horrible. If you click on click "view all comments," you will see that Xredsandx's post is directly beneath Hawaiianproductionz's post, and that he was defending him, not trashing him as you believe.

[dukemasuya]

@Kamaka675 Mahalo for clarifying that. I lost track of the comments. It's been a while. :)

[xredsandx]

Eia kekahi, ke hoʻoholo iho ʻoe i kou manaʻo e hoʻomaka e aʻo mai i ka ʻōlelo a kou mau kūpuna, e hoʻomaka paha ma ka nānā ʻana i nā wikiō a kēia "haole" nei, no ka mea, ma ka ʻōlelo a me ka naʻau, ua ʻoi loa aku kona Hawaiʻi ʻana ma mua ou.

[dukemasuya]

Hoʻomaikaʻi au i kou kōkua mai. ʻIke au, he Tuvalu ʻoe. Akā ʻōlelo nā kanaka Tuvalu i ka ʻōlelo Tuvalu. ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi ʻoe no ke aha? Aʻo au i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi no ka mea, makemake au e kōkua me ka hoʻōla ʻana o ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. A hui hou a na ke Akua hoʻopōmaika'i iā ʻoe.

[xredsandx]

He nani nō ia e hoʻoikaika ana ʻoe i ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi. Mahalo kou kōkua ʻana mai iā mākou. Ua hoʻopunipuni wale aku nō au i kaʻu kākau ʻana he Tuvalu au. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo, he Hawaiʻi au e noho ana ma Oʻahu o Kākuhihewa. Mai nānā aku ʻoe i nā Hawaiʻi naʻaupō a paihaʻakeilāhui e like me Hawaiianproductions. I Hawaiʻi ke kanaka i kona naʻau, ʻaʻole i ke koko e holo ana ma loko o kona kino.

[exactoh]

E ho'onanea me ke 'ano ho'okano! Mai ku'e me ka po'e a'o 'olelo hawai'i. Just because his video response pointed out inaccuracies to someone supposedly giving Hawaiian language lessons, doesn't give you the right to say what he can or cannot learn. Remember Kamehameha trusted John Young, and Ka'ahumanu (from Maui) was the one who fucked Hawaiian culture. And I have to agree with xredsandx as to your pathetic attempt at 'olelo Hawai'i.

[daniica24]

This might be a little nosey of me but I read some of your video comments and I just wanted to say: That's awesome that you are an Australian Greek who knows how to speak Hawaiian. =)

-Danica

[dukemasuya]

'A'ole 'oe hākilo no laila 'a'ohe pilikia. I am actually still a student but mahalo for your encouragement. A hui hou!

[exactoh]

Aloha E ka pua o ka lei,

'O wau 'o Ke'ala, No Wai'anae, O'ahu mai wau. Puka akula wau i ke kula ki'eki'e o Kamehameha. Ua a'o mai 'oe i ka 'olelo Hawai'i ma ka punaewele wale no? 'Ano maika'i kou puana, aka, maika'i no i kou ho'omau 'ana i ka 'olelo Hawai'i.

Aloha.

[dukemasuya]

Not exactly! But it is soley because of the internet that I have found materials and things. I have bought the NKE textbooks, a secondhand Pukui/Elbert Hawaiian dictionary and the Kulaiwi DVDs. Mahalo nui no kou aloha 'ana mai.

[Destroystar]

'Ae, pololei no kana puana 'ana i ka 'olelo Hawai'i, a ua pi'i paha ka 'ula o ka mea nana i haku ka ha'awina e ho'oponopono 'ia nei e ia. Mahalo ia 'oe, e Dukemasuya, no kau wehewehe 'ana.

[dukemasuya]

E kala mai ia'u aka 'a'ole au maopopo. Can you translate that? Mahalo nui!

[Destroystar]

translation: yeah, his (dukemayusa's) pronunciation of the Hawaiian language is really proper, and the person who created the lesson that is being corrected by him is probably embarrassed. Thank you, dukemayusa, for your clarification.

[PrepeiNaSasPw]

Wait?!  Are you Greek? You watch Zontas Pragmatika?!?!?!?

[dukemasuya]

How did you know that I watch ZP? I'm an Australian-born Greek. My parents were also both born in Australia. But I would say I am Greek at my roots. Sas efkharisto!

[PrepeiNaSasPw]

I made the same comment re: the 'okina. How do you know Hawaiian?

[dukemasuya]

Well, I watched Kulaiwi on the Kamehameha Schools website last year and got very interested in the language and culture of Hawaii. I want to go there when I get older. No hea mai 'oe? Where are you from?