[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.)…
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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]…[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
…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 …
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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 …
Okay so it’s 11:15 pm and Alex and I are trying to get as much reviewed as possible before tomorrow. There’s one young author I just couldn’t ignore and instead of typing up my discussion points, I wanted to make …
Wow.
That’s the exclamation I gave after reading the first two chapters of Anshū at the book store. Misty was there with me, and she told me she felt the same way when she read the beginning a few days …
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