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Okay, what's going on? I had literally the exact same word for the entire lesson. Nothing else.
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I mean, they're still barely into the beta stage, to be fair. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt that they will revise a lot of these modules with time.
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Well, now I know how to say "meeting" in Hawaiian
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ditto! now if i ever visit hawaii, i'll know how to say hello, garland, woman, women and meeting
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What does the ‘ana part mean?
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"Nominalization" itself is an example of a noun coming from a verb ("to nominalize"). In Hawaiian, the suffix ʻana plays that role.
Ex.:
mahi ʻai= to farm; farmer
ʻāina= land
Ka mahi ʻai ʻana o ka ʻāina= The farming of the land.
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Is the 'ai needed in the mahi'ai? And why? Do you know other examples of the 'ai?
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Both mahi ʻana and mahi ʻai ʻana are possible. As a noun, mahi is a farm, plantation, and mahi ʻai refers to a farmer, planter, as well as the action of farming. And ʻai means "food/edible/to eat", &c, and figuratively, "to rule, reign, or enjoy the privileges and exercise the responsabilities of rule, and one who does so". Ex.:
Hale kūʻai= grocery store;
ʻAi āina=to own, control, and enjoy land; the owner of land.
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Is "Hui 'ana" a verb, a noun, or a noun and a verb?
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the other way around actually
hui = verb To meet
hui = noun Meeting.
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Only 2 words in this lesson, and there are only 9 levels. We're going to finish the Hawaiian course in 2 days!
im not to sure on if these lessons are for writing Hawaiian properly or if its for speaking it but I know from growing up in a Hawaii that speaking and writing are pretty different because before Christian missionaries came to the islands there was no written language so speaking can be very contextual not needing so many words because your body language and the situation your in fill in the gaps compared to writing where you need to know more about whats going on to understand whats being said
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" 'ana " also translayes to "pumice" according to "Handy Hawaiian Dictionary" (page 244) by Judd, Pukui and Stokes, 1995 Mutual Publishing. Approx cost $6.00 around 1999. ISBN: 1-56647-112-5
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Actually, the Puku'i-Elbert dictionary and Mamaka Kaiao are online at wehewehe . org and they even have the two place names books and the Andrews dictionary. A hard copy is always good to have though.
