Mokuna 13 Nā ʻŌlelo Pōkole

Question 1

…none.

Answer 1

…ʻaʻohe.

Question 2

How old are you? (How many years do you have? How many are your years?)

Answer 2

ʻEhia ou (mau) makahiki?

Question 3

[Lei has four chairs, and] we have three (Ours are three.)

Answer 3

[ʻEhā noho o Lei, a] ʻekolu o mākou.

Question 4

I have an uncle. (Mine is an uncle.)

Answer 4

He ʻanakala koʻu.

Question 5

Used for “e Kahoa mā” in songs and formal language

Answer 5

E nā hoa

Question 6

Brah! Where you going?

Answer 6

(E) Kahoa! (E) hele ana ʻoe i hea?

Question 7

There are eight of us. (We are eight.)

Answer 7

ʻEwalu mākou.

Question 8

We don’t have (any) children. (Our children are none.)

Answer 8

ʻAʻohe a māua (mau) keiki.

Question 9

I am nineteen years old. (I have nineteen years. My years are nineteen.)

Answer 9

He ʻumikūmāiwa oʻu (mau) makahiki.

Question 10

Brah! Where are y’all 2 going?

Answer 10

(E) Kahoa mā! (E) hele ana ʻolua i hea?

Question 11

There are three of us. (We are three.)

Answer 11

ʻEkolu ( ) mākou.

Question 12

There are eight of us. (Our amount is eight.)

Answer 12

ʻEwalu ko mākou nui.

Question 13

They (2) have (some) uncles.

Answer 13

He mau ʻanakala ko lāua.

Question 14

…why (for the what?)

Answer 14

…no ke aha?

Question 15

Forward, (my) younger brothers, and drink the bitter waters! (Said by Kamehameha I in the battle of Kepaniwai at ‘Īao on Maui.)

Answer 15

I mua e oʻu pōkiʻi a inu i ka wai ʻawaʻawa!

Question 16

…so, therefore; (Used as a way to change the subject like “anyway” in English.)

Answer 16

…no laila

Question 17

There are eight of us. (The amount of us is eight.)

Answer 17

ʻEwalu ka nui o mākou.

Question 18

How many of you are there? (How many is your amount?)

Answer 18

ʻEhia ko ʻoukou nui?

Question 19

…then, and then

Answer 19

…a laila

Question 20

How many of you are there? (How many are you?)

Answer 20

ʻEhia ʻoukou?

Question 21

SHE has ten children. (Her children are ten.)

Answer 21

He ʻumi ĀNA (mau) keiki.

Question 22

I am an uncle.

Answer 22

He ʻanakala au.

Question 23

THEY have four children. (Their children are four.)

Answer 23

ʻEhā a LĀUA (mau) keiki.

Question 24

Kimo them have four children. (There are four children of Kimo them.)

Answer 24

ʻEhā (mau) keiki a Kimo mā.

Question 25

Used for “e Kahoa” in songs and formal language

Answer 25

E ke hoa

Question 26

That woman has ten children. (There are ten children of that woman.)

Answer 26

He ʻumi (mau) keiki a kēlā wahine.

Question 27

How many of you are there? (How many is the amount of you?)

Answer 27

ʻEhia ka nui o ʻoukou?

Question 28

They are uncles.

Answer 28

He mau ʻanakala lāua.

Question 29

I have (some) uncles. (Mine are (some) uncles.)

Answer 29

He mau ʻanakala koʻu.

Question 30

OK. (I heard you. That’s fine.)

Answer 30

ʻO ia.