A’O 3Language Basics and Phrases

Māhele 1 Language Resources

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There are many resources that can help with language acquisition.

Printed

Internet

Human

Printed Resources

Dictionary Texts Childrenʻs Books

Many Different Dictionaries• Hawai’i Dicitonary- Pūku’i & Elbert• Dictionary of Hawaiian Language- Andrews• Treasury of Hawaiian Words- Kent• Mamaka Kaiao- ‘Aha Pūnana Leo

Other texts that are excellent language resources.

• Puke ‘Ōlelo No’eau• Hawaiian Place Names• Nānā I Ke Kumu• Unwritten Literature• He Mele Aloha• Many More

• The more you use these resources the more familiar you will be with language.

• Dictionary resources provide grammatical support of language.

• Non-dictionary resources provide more in depth and or alternate meaning of language terms.

• Internet has an inumerable amount of resources to choose from.

• ulukau.org is the best online resource for language.

• wehewehe.org is the same as ulukau.org but is only the dictionary resource.

• Caution some internet sources are unreliable

http://wahinoho.net/page_olelo_dictionaries.html

• Human Resources (mai ka waha) best method.

• Body language and Oral transfer learn through multiple senses.

• Language learning through traditional practices, traditional body movement and traditional oral pracitces makes language more pa’a (affixed.)

• Source of learning (kumu) reason for varience in language, practices and traditions.

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‘A’ole i pau (More to come)

• Part 2 will explain how to use the Hawai’i Dictionary and wehewehe.org.