Well, I survived the last of my MA classes, and now get to have some fun and begin the research for my thesis. My working thesis title: Comparing The Placement of Diphthongs, Vowel Clusters and Stressed Syllables in the Compostions of John Kameaaloha Almeida With Pronunciation Stress In Spoken Hawaiian. If you think that is long you should see it in Hawaiian John Kameealoha Almeida was one of, if not the most important Hawaiian composer, musician and vocalist of the 20th century. He was a native speaker of Hawaiian, and many of his compositions have become standards repetoire for todays…
Our college will be offering the first ever Hawaiian language classes online this fall.
Our college will be offering the first every Hawaiian language classes online this fall. If you know anyone interested please point them to the website.
Hawaiian Lesson For The Day Can you say “humuhumunukunukuapua’a”? My sister and her husband live in Minnesota, and he just got h
Hawaiian Lesson For The Day Can you say “humuhumunukunukuapua’a”? My sister and her husband live in <brrrr> Minnesota, and he just got her one for her birthday. Actually this doesn’t look like the normal humu from Hawai’i (which has a lot of brown and grows much bigger than this), but it is definitely in the same family. Yes, it is alive and happily swimming around in a salt-water aquarium. I suggested she name it “Sashimi”; she opted for “Gary.” Go figure.
Heads up, Bay Area.
Heads up, Bay Area. Keali’i Reichel will bring the Kukahi experience to Cupertino on Saturday, May 18. For those of you unfamiliar with the name, Keali’i has been the most popular Hawaiian music artist for the past decade. His Kukahi shows are multimedia extravaganzas, with music, hula, large screen projectors and guest artists. If you still equate Hawaiian music with Don Ho, you’re more than a few years behind the times. Check out Keali’i – you’ll be happy you did.
Revitalizing Native Languages .
Revitalizing Native Languages. This is a great feature from the Great Falls (Montanta) Tribune on the efforts to revitalize native American languages, and includes a nice bit on our Punana Leo schools.
He ho‘?‘o k?ia o ka ‘?lelo Hawai‘i ma ka Radio Userland.
He ho‘?‘o k?ia o ka ‘?lelo Hawai‘i ma ka Radio Userland.