“Brah da food was so ono, get one kanak attack coming” The feeling of sleepiness after you eat a big and delicious meal. “Only kamaʻāina know that Long’s get good deals on Monday’s.” Many stores offer kamaʻāina discounts to local residents with a Hawai’i ID. The literal Hawaiian definition means native-born, but many use kamaʻāina to people who are locals. “Make sure you tell everybody howzit when we go ova” “Me and my cousins always go holo holo on the weekends”

The Hawaiian word, “holoholo”, means “to go out for pleasure, stroll or promenade.” “My sista’s hair was all hamajang when she woke up” “Grandma's house always get good kine grindz”Īctually a Hawaiian phrase meaning, “to do again.” You’ll hear this often as a way to encourage an encore performance at a luau. “You know da kine? they came over to the house da other day”

Quite literally can mean anything you want. “Was choke people at the park today brah” “My cousin can sing so good, gimme all kine chicken skin.” “This shave-ice so ʻono, broke da mouth kine.” Short for braddah, a casual way of addressing someoneĪ way to describe how you’re feeling when you’re eating something super delicious. “otherwise,” “or else,” “later,” “later on” Coupled with the traditional ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi (Hawaiian language), learning to talk like a local can take some time! Here is a list of some of the more widespread phrases to get you through almost any conversation as if you've been doing it your whole life! Everyday conversation's most common words and phrases can sometimes sound entirely foreign for visitors or new residents. In Hawaii, mostly all locals and long-time residents speak Hawaiian Pidgin English, known locally as Pidgin.

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