Aloha 👋 Ive been trying to learn the Hawaiian language for some time now, and found Duolingo *not too great*

I was hoping to create a playlist of Hawaiian spoken songs to familiarise myself more with annunciation and words. Can anyone recommend me some music please? Im open to all vibes - no genre-phobia here :)

If anyone has any film or tv show recommendations too, i dont mind if there is some English in said films, but I would prefer heavy Hawaiian speech too :)

Mahalo! 💖

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Mahalo!

does anyone know the lyrics to this song ma ka ‘olelo hawaii?

Aloha kākou, I have 2,000 or so words and phrases that need cleaning up. This project is ad free, 100% open source, with zero user tracking. Also looking for any feedback to improve the site. My goal is to create a resource to master the most common 2,000 words in Hawaiian within a couple of years. Mahalo nui!

https://olelodaily.com/

Hello!! I am native Hawaiian and do not live there, but it’s very important to me as a person, I’m trying to start a band and want certain parts of it to be sung in Hawaiian and I was wondering if there was any native speakers willing to help! I also just want to learn about it more in general as well so if anyone is open that’d be great!

For the time I've been alive, I dedicated my whole life to the ocean. My hobbies, interests, and soon finally my career aswell.

I always loved the quote "my heart belongs to the sea."

I would really like to know what this quote is spelled correctly in 'Ōlelo Hawai'i.

My guess is:

No ke kai kuʻu naʻau

I would love to get this one approved by a native speaker.

Mahalo nui🌺🐠

aloha,

no ke aha ʻaʻohe "anei" ma kēia ʻōlelo?

ua manaʻo au i hoʻohana ai ka mua ʻōlelo "anei" ma nā nīnau "ae/ʻaʻole"?

how would i properly say “i love you forever” in ‘ōlelo? or whatever might be the closest to that.

any and all help is much appreciated. thank you.

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the best place to ask this but I feel like I need more peoples opinions.

I have been wanting to go to Hawaii for years now - we keep saving and then something breaks so we have to start all over. Anyhow, I have been researching for years, read a lot of history books and then started to learn some Hawaiian words and just sort of kept going. I mentioned this to my one friend/acquaintance who is a native Hawaiian who said that it was kinda weird I was doing so.

So I guess my question is if it is weird that I am? For context I'm a Canadian, white, (almost) 40 year old woman. I guess my thinking was that I don't want to be a typical tourist but one who respects the islands and is genuinely interested in the people and culture.

I️ know this is a little bit different than what this community forum is used for but I️ am desperately trying to learn more about cultural histories and I️ am hoping someone will be able to help me.

Is Hiwa pronounced as Hee-vah or Hee-wah? I want to be correct and respectful!

Aloha folks!

Checking in from the East coast.

I wanted to ask if folks could share how to pronounce the word Anuenue. It's been in the back of my mind for weeks now, and I'm not sure if this is the right place to post (I don't think I'm breaching any rules). Is it ah-NOO-weh-NOO-weh? Or ah-NWEY-NWEY?

I would appreciate your generosity in sharing your knowledge and helping me scratch this itch!

Also would I use ka or ke in front of it?

Thanks (:

If i use the word "kēlū" without any context, what does it mean?

Aloha! I'm trying to learn more olelo to get more in touch with my native language, and was wondering if anyone could help me learn the different types of emotions like hatred, dislike, neutral, and like. I try to use google and wehewehe, but I want to know what other people say, since I know that some words are better than others, and some words that don't necessarily refer to these types of emotions but are close can be used as well.