[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/hauolipakoa.mp3″ text=”Hauʻoli Pakoa” ] Happy Easter! Hauʻoli Pakoa iā kākou! ʻAʻole paʻakikī e loaʻa ka hua kula nui ma ka pā. Aia ʻo Lady Gaga i loko. Happy Easter to all! It shouldn’t be too hard to find the giant golden egg in the yard. Lady Gaga is inside it.
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/hopunaolelo.mp3″ text=”Hopuna ʻŌlelo” ] Pronunciation. Ke ʻoe kiʻo a kākau i ka hopuna ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi me ka hewa pēia: [hay-moh-lay-lay], e make ana ka pōpoki iki. ʻAʻole ʻoe makemake i nā pōpoki iki? A little kitten dies everytime you poop out Hawaiian pronunciation incorrectly like this: [hay-moh-lay-lay]. Do you not like kittens?
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/poalimahemolele.mp3″ text=”Pōʻalima Hemolele” ] Good Friday I nehinei ka Pōʻahā. ʻO kēia lā, ʻo ka Pōʻalima Hemolele kēia. Hauʻoli nō kākou. Yesterday was Thursday. Today, it is Good Friday. We-we-we so excited.
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/oioio.mp3″ text=”ʻŌʻioʻio” ] To tweet, chitchat, chirp. ʻŌʻioʻio wau e pili ana i nā mea āpau. (I tweet about everything.)
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/pakalolo.mp3″ text=”Puhi Pakalōlō” ] To smoke cannabis. E Palakiko, mai puhi pakalōlō i loko o ka hale o nuku hou ʻo Māmā iā ʻoe. (Francisco, don’t smoke weed in the house or Mom will yell at you again.) [divider] One of the best scenes from the stoner classic Super Troopers: If you enjoyed […]
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/kuono.mp3″ text=”Kūʻono” ] 1. Nook, cranny 2. Corner ʻAʻohe kanaka e hoʻoneʻe iā Pēpē ma kūʻono. Nobody puts Baby in a corner.
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/hoopai.mp3″ text=”Hoʻopaʻi” ] 1. To slap, spank 2. To seek revenge ʻO ka mokuna hou o Hawaii Five-0 ma kēia pō, ua kapa ʻia ʻo Hoʻopaʻi. Aia iā Five-0 ke kūlia a kāohi ʻana i ka mea mākaʻi i makemake ai ka hoʻopaʻi. He hoʻopaʻi maoli ʻana kāna? Je ne sais pas. (On tonight’s […]
Kominika o Nā Lālā Lāʻau Palm Sunday, Lit. dominical of the tree branches Moloā au i ka haku ʻana i ka māmalaʻōlelo hoihoi me ka hua ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi o Kominika o nā Lālā Lāʻau. I’m too lazy to make an amusing sentence using the Hawaiian word for Palm Sunday. [divider]
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/halewaihonapuke.mp3″ text=”Hale waihona puke” ] Library. Kokoke pau ka pule kaumokuʻāina no nā hale waihona puke. Akā naʻe loaʻa ka manawa e hoʻihoʻi aku i nā puke. (National Library Week is almost over. But there’s still time to return your books.)
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/hauolikaheluhelu.mp3″ text=”Hauʻoli ka Heluhelu ʻana” ] Celebrate Reading. Inā ʻaʻohe a ʻoukou ka hana i ka lā ʻapōpō, e hele mai i Ke Kulanui ʻo Hawaiʻi ma Mānoa e Hauʻoli Ka Heluhelu ʻAna ai. (If you’ve nothing to do tomorrow, come to UH Mānoa to Celebrate Reading.) [divider]
[wpaudio url=”http://www.hawaiibookblog.com/mea/2011/04/kulike.mp3″ text=”Kūlike” ] Resembles, alike. Kūlike ʻo James Durbin (ke kāne e hīmeni nei ma American Idol) me Sloth mai The Goonies mai. James Durbin (the guy from American Idol) looks like Sloth from The Goonies. From http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3ChUP-jmIQ:
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