Aloha!
The Hawaiian language is melodious & gentle. Once you visit Hawaii, you feel encapsulated with the local lingo & traditional songs. The length of certain words might scare you off but if you try to read the words in parts, it's not so difficult after all. The words are almost exactly pronounced as they are written. In fact, I personally enjoyed learning some local words during my visits to various islands. Interestingly, the Hawaiian language has only 12 alphabets- 5 vowels (A, E, I, O, U) & 7 consonants (H, K, L, M, N, P, W).
Their state fish has the most interesting name. Try pronouncing it, it's fun! HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUA'A
Couldn't do it? Lost hope? Aah! It's very simple. As I said, break the word in parts.
Pronounce Humu twice (hoo-moo). Pronounce Nuku twice (noo-koo). Pronounce A (ah) once. Pronounce Pu (poo) once & eventually say A'a (ah-ah).
Voila! You did it!
Mahalo!
The Hawaiian language is melodious & gentle. Once you visit Hawaii, you feel encapsulated with the local lingo & traditional songs. The length of certain words might scare you off but if you try to read the words in parts, it's not so difficult after all. The words are almost exactly pronounced as they are written. In fact, I personally enjoyed learning some local words during my visits to various islands. Interestingly, the Hawaiian language has only 12 alphabets- 5 vowels (A, E, I, O, U) & 7 consonants (H, K, L, M, N, P, W).
Their state fish has the most interesting name. Try pronouncing it, it's fun! HUMUHUMUNUKUNUKUAPUA'A
Couldn't do it? Lost hope? Aah! It's very simple. As I said, break the word in parts.
Pronounce Humu twice (hoo-moo). Pronounce Nuku twice (noo-koo). Pronounce A (ah) once. Pronounce Pu (poo) once & eventually say A'a (ah-ah).
Voila! You did it!
Mahalo!
