Friday 29 November 2013

Lesson 1 - Numbers (01) (HAW)

Here are the numbers in Hawaiian:

Counting from 1 to 10:
1. 'ekahi
2. 'elua
3. 'ekolu
4. 'ehā
5. 'elima
6. 'eono
7. 'ehiku
8. 'ewalu
9. 'eiwa
10. 'umi

11-19 rule:
10('umi) + 'kuma' (which means 'plus') + 1-9 without 'e' in the beginning
11. 'umikūmākahi
12. 'umikūmālua
13. 'umikūmākolu
14. 'umikūmāhā
etc.

20, 21, 22, 23...:
20. iwakālua
21. iwakāluakūmākahi (20+1)
22. iwakāluakūmālua (20+2)
etc.

30, 40, 50 etc. rule:
'kana' + number 1-9
30. kanakolu
40. kanahā
50. kanalima
etc.

So 76 will be kanahikukūmāono. As simple as that.

100. ho'okahi hanele

0. 'ole

Not that hard, right?

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