Aloha! Wahi a kahi, a‘ole au ma ka forum ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i, no lailia ua ho‘oholo i ka hele mai a ka hūhā.
Hello! I was told I'm not on the Hawaiian forum enough, so I decided to come chat.
Aloha kaua! 'Ae, 'o au ho'i kekahi kai 'ole e holo mai i ka Hawaiian forum (no ka mea, busy loa au i keia mau la!) i na manawa apau.
Hi to us both! Yep I'm also one who doesn't come to the Hawaiian forum all the time (because I'm very busy these days!)
E ha‘i iā kākou: I ke aha a‘o ‘oe i ka ‘ōlelo Hawai‘i?
Tell us: why do you learn Hawai‘ian?
Ke a'o nei au i ka 'olelo Hawai'i no kona like loa i ka 'olelo Maori. Ua kakau 'ia e na kupuna Maori i loko i na nupepa Maori he mea "mama" loa no lakou e a'o i ka 'olelo Hawai'i ina hele lakou i Hawai'i noho ai.
I'm learning Hawaiian because its very similar to Maori. Maori ancestors wrote in the Maori newspapers it was very easy for them to learn to speak Hawaiian when they went to Hawaii.
A‘o au i ka ‘ōlelo no mea lua: ‘ekahi, nani ia a aloha au i ka Hawai‘i, a, ‘elua, male ka makuahine o‘u i he Hawai‘i a noho i ke Kauai.
'A'ole kekahi o ku'u 'ohana e noho ana ma Hawai'i, aka, he nui loa ko'u mau hoa aloha kei 'ike i ka 'olelo Hawai'i, a, ua kokua mai lakou ia'u e a'o i ka lakou 'olelo.
None of my family live in Hawai'i, but, I have a lot of friends who know how to speak Hawaiian and they have been helping me to learn their language.