✅ BASICS
- 👍 Yes: ʻAe (Ah-eh)
- 👎 No: Aʻole (Ah-oh-leh)
- 🙏 Please: E ʻoluʻolu (Eh oh-loo-oh-loo)
- 😊 Thank you: Mahalo (Mah-HAH-loh)
- 🤗 You’re welcome: ʻAʻohe pilikia (Ah-oh-heh pee-LEE-kee-ah)
- 😬 Sorry: E kala mai (Eh KAH-lah mai)
- 🙋 Excuse me: E kala mai (Eh KAH-lah mai)
👋 GREETINGS
- 👋 Hi / Hello: Aloha (Ah-LOH-hah)
- 👋 Bye: A noho ʻoe i ka maikaʻi (Ah NOH-ho oh-eh ee kah mah-EE-kah-ee)
- 🌞 Good morning: Aloha kakahiaka (Ah-LOH-hah kah-kah-HEE-ah-kah)
- 🌙 Good night: Aloha ahiahi (Ah-LOH-hah ah-hee-AH-hee)
❓ QUESTIONS
- ❓ What is it?: He aha kēia? (Heh AH-hah keh-EE-ah?)
- 👤 Who?: ʻO wai? (Oh why?)
- 🕒 When?: ʻĀhea? (Ah-HEH-ah?)
- 📍 Where?: Ma hea? (Mah HEH-ah?)
- 🛠️ How?: Pehea? (Peh-HAY-ah?)
- 🤔 Why?: No ke aha? (Noh keh AH-hah?)
- 🤷 I don’t know: ʻAʻole au ʻike (Ah-oh-leh ow EE-keh)
- 😕 I don’t understand: ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu (Ah-oh-leh mao-poh-poh ee-ow)
- 🔁 Again: E hoʻi hou (Eh HOH-ee hoh)
- 🙋♂️ Can I…?: Hiki iaʻu…? (HEE-kee ee-ow…?)
🍎 WHAT?
- 🌟 Good: Maikaʻi (Mah-EE-kah-ee)
- 👎 Bad: ʻAʻole maikaʻi (Ah-oh-leh mah-EE-kah-ee)
- 😋 Yummy: ʻOno! (Oh-no!)
- 🤢 Yucky: ʻO ʻawaʻawa! (Oh ah-vah-AH-vah!)
- 🧸 I like it: Makemake au i kēia (Mah-keh MAH-keh ow ee keh-EE-ah)
- 💔 I don’t like it: ʻAʻole makemake au (Ah-oh-leh mah-keh MAH-keh ow)
- 💧 Water: Wai (Wai)
- 🍝 Food: Mea ʻai (Meh-ah-ah-EE)
- 👉 This: Kēia (keh-EE-ah)
- 👉 That: Kēlā (keh-LAH)
🧍♂️ WHO?
- 🧒 My name is: ʻO koʻu inoa… (Oh koh-OO EE-noh-ah…)
- 🗣️ What’s your name?: ʻO wai kou inoa? (Oh why ko-oh EE-noh-ah?)
- 🙋 I am: ʻO wau… (Oh wow…)
- 👉 You are: ʻO ʻoe… (Oh oh-eh…)
😀 FEELINGS
- 😃 I’m happy: Hauʻoli au (How-OH-lee ow)
- 😢 I’m sad: ʻEleu au (Eh-LEH-oo ow)
- 😴 I’m tired: ʻOliʻuli au (Oh-lee OO-lee ow)
- 😡 I’m mad: ʻUhane nui au (OO-hah-nay NOO-ee ow)
- 🤕 I’m hurt: ʻOe iaʻu (Oh-eh ee-ow)
- 🫤 I don’t feel good: ʻAʻole maikaʻi au (Ah-oh-leh mah-EE-kah-ee ow)
- 🥰 I love you: Aloha wau iā ʻoe (Ah-LOH-hah wow yah oh-eh)
- 🍽️ I’m hungry: Mō’ī au (Moh-EE ow)
- 🥤 I’m thirsty: ʻUhaki au (Oo-HAH-kee ow)
⏰ WHEN?
- 📅 Today: I kēia lā (Ee keh-EE-ah lah)
- 📆 Tomorrow: Āpōpō (Ah-POH-poh)
- 🕰️ Yesterday: I nehinei (Ee neh-HEE-nay)
- 🌅 Morning: Kakahiaka (kah-kah-HEE-ah-kah)
- 🌌 Night: Ahiahi (ah-hee-AH-hee)
- ⏳ Now: I kēia manawa (Ee keh-EE-ah mah-NAH-wah)
- 🔜 Later: Ma hope (Mah hoh-PAY)
📍 WHERE?
- 🔜 Right: ʻĀkau (Ah-KAH-oo)
- 🔙 Left: ʻĀkau ʻē aʻe (Ah-KAH-oo eh EH-eh)
- ⬆️ Straight: Ola i mua (Oh-lah ee MOO-ah)
- ⬅️ Front: ʻAkiʻaki (Ah-KEE-ah-kee)
- ➡️ Behind: Ma hope (Mah hoh-PAY)
- ⬆️ Top / above: Ma luna (Mah LOO-nah)
- ⬇️ Bottom / below: Ma lalo (Mah LAH-loh)
- 🏠 Inside: Ma loko (Mah LOH-koh)
- 🌳 Outside: Ma waho (Mah WAH-hoh)
- 🚪 Entrance / in: Puka komo (POO-kah KOH-moh)
- 🏃♀️ Exit / out: Puka puka (POO-kah POO-kah)
🔢 HOW MUCH?
- 💵 How much?: ʻEhia? (Eh-HEE-ah?)
- 😮 Too much: Loaʻa nui! (Loh-AH noo-ee!)
- 👌 A little: Lē iki (leh EE-kee)
- 1️⃣ One: ʻEkahi (Eh-KAH-hee)
- 2️⃣ Two: ʻElua (Eh-LOO-ah)
- 3️⃣ Three: ʻEkolu (Eh-KOH-loo)
- 4️⃣ Four: ʻEhā (Eh-HAH)
- 5️⃣ Five: ʻElima (Eh-LEE-mah)
- 6️⃣ Six: ʻEono (Eh-OH-noh)
- 7️⃣ Seven: ʻEhiku (Eh-HEE-koo)
- 8️⃣ Eight: ʻEwalu (Eh-WAH-loo)
- 9️⃣ Nine: ʻEiwa (Eh-EE-vah)
- 🔟 Ten: ʻUmi (OO-mee)
- 💯 One hundred: ʻE hanel (eh hah-NEL)
🧠 WHY?
- 🤔 Because: No ka mea (noh kah MAY-ah)
- 🧩 So…: No laila… (noh LIE-lah…)
- 👀 If…: Inā… (ee-NAH…)
- 🆚 But: Akā (ah-KAH)
- 🔄 Or: A i ʻole (ah ee OH-leh)
- ➕ And: A (ah)
💬 ACTIONS
- 🤲 I need: Pono wau (POH-noh wow)
- 🙋♀️ I want: Makemake wau (Mah-keh-MAH-keh wow)
- 🙌 I give: Hāʻawi wau (hah-VAI-ee wow)
- 🤝 I help: Kōkua wau (koh-KOO-ah wow)
- 🙋 I ask: Nīnau wau (NEE-now wow)
- 🗣️ I say: ʻŌlelo wau (OH-leh-loh wow)
- 👂 I listen: Hoʻolohe wau (hoh-oh-LO-heh wow)
- 👀 I see: Nānā wau (nah-NAH wow)
- 🦶 I go: Hele wau (HEH-leh wow)
- 🍽️ I eat: ʻAi wau (eye wow)
- 🥤 I drink: Inu wau (EE-noo wow)
- 🛌 I sleep: Hiamoe wau (hee-ah-MOE wow)
🔊 IMPORTANT WORDS
- 🆘 Help!: Uku! (OO-koo!)
- 🔇 Quiet!: Hāmau! (HAH-mah-oo!)
- 🛑 Stop!: E kū! (eh koo!)
- 👀 Look!: Nānā! (nah-NAH!)
- 🥱 Calm down: Hoʻomaʻemaʻe! (hoh-oh-MAH-eh-mah-eh!)
- 👏 Come here: E hele mai! (eh HEH-leh my)
- ⏳ Wait: Kali! (KAH-lee!)
- 🌟 Good job!: Maikaʻi loa! (mah-EE-kah-ee LOH-ah!)
- 🤝 Let’s go!: E hele kākou! (eh HEH-leh kah-KOH!)