I’m trying to use music as a part of immersion but I can’t find that many songs that are modern.

I've been learning Olelo for a little bit as a hobby and I have been trying to figure out how long vowels and stress works. From my observation, long vowels can only occur on stressed syllables. I am not sure about diphthongs, though. I also can't tell if stress regular or not.

I'd appreciate it if anyone could provide me with an answer or point me in the right direction.

Thanks.

So my mom gave me my middle name and said it means “ruler of my heart” but any time I try and look for that translation I can never find it. So does it mean that or something else “Keli’i Oka Pu’u Wai”

In what situations would you use Keu instead of Hou when meaning "more"?

As I understand hou is used if the standard amount has not been met, but keu is used if the standard amount is intentionally exceeded?

Example: if your working out to 10 reps and stop at 8 and are told to do more theyd use hou, but if youve done 10 and your told to do extra theyd use keu? Correct me if im wrong

Hello everyone! I’m interesting in learning Hawaiian. I looked as the Wikipedia page to get some general information about the sounds and grammar (I have language learning experience) and I read that there is apparently a big difference between university Hawaiian and the Hawaiian that elders speak. Can someone give me some info about these differences or point to sources about them?

I am working on a Language profile for my Linguistics class and for the phonology section, I need to include allophones but I am lost at what they are in Hawai'ian everything I find talks about /k/ -> /t/, /v/ -> /w/, and /l/ -> /r/ but I can't find any examples and I just feel so lost and confused. Can anyone give me any guidance or recourses?

When counting to have everyone do something at the same time would you say "kahi, lua, kolu, (lift/pull/go/etc)" or would you add the number classifier and say "ekahi, elua, ekolu, …"? To me "ekahi" here sounds a little funny, but I'm very beginner.

This is going to be a ridiculous ask 😂 We have a baby, 15 months, who’s starting to pick up a lot of words. I’d love to be able to teacher her animal sounds, if there are any? I tried to google but couldn’t find much. Does ‘ōlelo hawai’i have its own set of animal sounds??

Aloha, Hello everyone!

My fiancé and I will get married on Oahu this May and I'm hoping for your help with a translation.

Yesterday I was went to take my measurements to get a suit tailored and they offered me to put a stitching under my collar as a little surprise for my future wife and also something as a memory for this special day.

Is there a translation for the term "forever yours" in Hawaiian?

Also I already found "Ia Iho Ke Aloha" which should mean "To my love", but I'm not sure if that translation is correct.

Or do you know of anything else, any Hawaiian term that would be perfect for this idea?

Edit: I just learned that I have a limit of maximum 14 characters including spaces.

Ua hala 'o Akira Toriyama :c Lele nō ka hoaka. E ho'omaha me ka maluhia, aloha aku i kona 'ohana.

Aloha kākou :),

Iʻm trying to figure out how to ask where someone is currently at. I know to say "Where is she/he from?" would be "No hea ʻo ia?" but how do I ask "Where is she/he (currently)"? Thank you! Also if any of my other wording was wrong please feel free to correct!

Aloha kākou!

I’ve noticed that I sometimes hear what sounds like a doubled consonant after a short vowel especially if that vowel is stressed, most commonly n, e.g. lilo ʻanna, Kilohanna. It seems more common in singing but I’ve heard it in speech on YouTube occasionally. Is this a common thing?

I hear 'aia i hea' (aihea) and 'aia ma hea' (ma hea) the most but I do sometimes hear 'auhea' and i am wondering when to use this word as opposed to the other ones.

I know about auhea in other contexts (auhea wale ana oe in mele and haiolelo), i am specifically asking about it in the context of asking where.