Hawaiian phrase · Greetings
E mālama pono
Pronunciation: /eh MAH-lah-mah POH-noh/
Meaning
Take care
Example sentences
A hui hou kāua, e hoaaloha. E mālama pono ʻoe.
We'll meet again, friend. Take good care of yourself.
E nānā pono i ke ala e hele ai ā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hāʻule. E mālama pono.
Watch the path where you walk carefully so you don't fall. Take good care.
Hele ʻoe i ka wahi o kou ʻohana. E mālama pono i nā mea a pau.
You are going to your family's place. Take good care of everything.
About this word
“E mālama pono” is a Hawaiian phrase meaning Take care. It is part of the ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language) vocabulary in the category of Greetings. Definitions are based on the Pukui-Elbert Hawaiian Dictionary.