Hawaiian Words http://hawaiian-words.com How to pronounce Hawaiian words Wed, 24 Jun 2009 08:41:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Posts http://hawaiian-words.com/2009/06/posts/ http://hawaiian-words.com/2009/06/posts/#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:24:04 +0000 David Kwiat http://hawaiian-words.com/?p=372 This is a new website and is definitely a work in progress. Currently, it’s just my voice you hear but, in the next few weeks, I hope to have some native Hawaiians record some of the common Hawaiian words and phrases included on the tables here. So, as they say, stay tuned and check back often! We would also like to add other aspects of Hawaiian culture. Some of my patients have offered to provide pictures of vintage Kona and some of the old Hawaiian families. My wife, Carole, has suggested that we have videos of hula dancers with an explanation of the hand and body movements included in real time.

We would love to have your suggestions as well. If you have anything you would like to contribute to the site or things you’d like to see here, feel free to comment.

Aloha!

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Only 800,000 years old, the island of Hawaii is the youngest of the Hawaiian isles. It is also, by far, the largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago; its 4,028 square miles is more than twice the size of all the other major islands combined. Hawaii is comprised of 8 major islands and numerous smaller ones which are mainly uninhabited. Each of the islands is considered a separate county and has its own mayor. Hawaii’s capital city is Honolulu. Hawaii attained statehood on August 21, 1959.

If you would like to submit any facts that you know about Hawaii or, just want to comment, please feel free to do so in the box at the bottom.

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