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Ke Kahiau Hawaiian Language Instruction |
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‘O ka ‘Ölelo Hawai‘i ko käkou kuleana. The Hawaiian Language is our responsibility. |
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Phone: (714) 395-6651
E-mail: kahaleea@kekahiau.com |
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He ‘ohana ‘ölelo Hawai’i . . . A Hawaiian language family: Carol Nohea Vincent and her two daughters, Kaumana and Kauionalani. A he ‘ohana hula läkou kekahi! (They are also a hula family!) |
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The youngest haumäna with Ke Kahiau HLI: Baby Chrissy at 12 months, responding to “Aia i hea kou alelo?” Pupuka nö këia pëpë! |
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Friends and Family: Melody Nalani Nuuhiwa-Adams, Lahapa Perez, Haunani Bray and Maile Siatanuu |
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Talking story at the class lü‘au: Nalani Nuuhiwa-Adams, Haunani Bray, and Maile Boley. |
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A hula to the song “E Huli.” Këia mau wähine u‘i: Nohea McGonigle, Lehua Cook, and Kauionalani Vincent. |
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Eö Kaua‘i! Our wonderful Kaua‘i couple, Nicole Kau‘iokekai and Jesse Kana‘iikapono Ohai. |
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“Ke kumu: Kahale‘ea Outhier, going over a few basics in Hawaiian language, me ka mino‘aka pü (smiling, too)! |
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Bonnie Leilani Wiseman, former Kahuku school teacher, comes to ask questions after papa ‘ölelo Hawai‘i . . . Hawaiian language class. |
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Two students give their oli mo‘okü‘auhau. Kathy Ke‘alohi Akau, on the left, announces her genealogy as she points to family pictures for her classmates to connect names with real people. Cori Lokomaikai Knight, on the right, gives her oli mo‘okü‘auhau. She is currently working towards a Master’s Degree in English, loves languages and feels that Hawaiian “just makes so much sense.” |
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Lapaki Akau from O‘ahu and Poha Kaluna from the Big Island, Ka‘ü side—just having a good time talking story at the class lü‘au. |
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‘Ono këia mea‘ai! If nothing else, we just come to ‘ölelo class for the ‘ono grindz at the end-of-session lü‘au! Jesse Kana‘i Ohai, Dave Outhier, Mirt Holonui Rosas, Elaine Ka‘oi Hatori, and Kellene Lehua Cook line up for mea‘ai. Every haumäna brought a different dish. We never knew we had so many good cooks in the class! |
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Ke Kumu, Kahale’ea Outhier, welcomes all the haumäna to the class lü‘au and introduces the evening’s theme— “The Importance of ‘Ohana.” Some haumäna memorized and gave their own oli mo‘okü‘auhau . . . genealogy chants, while others danced hula or sang mele.
As the evening closed, she encouraged haumäna to use the Hawaiian words, phrases, and sentence structures they had learned during this Summer ’09 session and to ponder on the state motto: “Ua mau ke ea o ka ‘äina i ka pono.” (The life of the land is perpetuated in righteousness.) Haumäna were encouraged to put forth an extra effort to make decisions that are pono (righteous) so that their descendents will be ha‘aheo (proud) when the occasion arises for their inoa (names) to be pronounced in an oli mo‘okü‘auhau. |
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Our faithful travelers: Leilani Wiseman, Ka‘oi Hatori from Kaua‘i and Deedee Poni Mö‘ï Gomez, pause for a quick snapshot. They drove a bit of a distance to join us every week. Nani loa këia mau wähine! |
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Here are just some pictures of the stars of Ke Kahiau Hawaiian Language Instruction during a free class session provided through the auxiliary organization of women called “Ka Hui Manawale‘a” of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You will see both nä haumäna (students) and ke kumu (teacher) of the Spring and Summer 2009 sessions. Note: English translations of Hawaiian words or phrases are either preceded by ellipsis or enclosed in parenthesis. |
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