English→Hawaiian

Translate English to Hawaiian like a local.

This variety sounds like Hawaiʻi through precise ʻokina and kahakō, aloha-register forms of address, and local kinship words such as tūtū and ʻanakē.

Going the other way? Hawaiian to English

474 local dialects

What locals actually say

How’s it going, Uncle?

Pehea, e ʻAnakala?

Pehea? is a clipped everyday greeting, while e ʻAnakala uses the Hawaiian vocative with a familiar local term for an older male relative or friend.

Grandma, are you hungry?

E Tūtū, pōloli ʻoe?

Tūtū is a common Hawaiʻi family term for a grandparent, and e marks direct address before the name.

Please come in—leave your shoes at the door.

E komo mai, e waiho i kou mau kāmaʻa ma ka puka.

E komo mai is the welcoming “come in” formula, with mai showing movement toward the speaker; mau marks the multiple shoes.

How much is this?

ʻEhia ke kumu kūʻai o kēia?

ʻEhia asks for a quantity, while kumu kūʻai is the Hawaiian term for price or cost.

Where’s the bus stop?

Aia i hea ke kū kaʻa ʻōhua?

Aia i hea is the Hawaiian location question construction, and kaʻa ʻōhua means bus.

I’d like the fish plate, please.

Makemake au i ka pā iʻa, e ʻoluʻolu.

Makemake au i expresses a polite want, pā iʻa means fish plate, and e ʻoluʻolu signals a courteous request.

I’m working from home today.

Ke hana nei au mai ka hale i kēia lā.

Ke hana nei marks an action in progress, and mai ka hale means from home or from the house.

It’s raining hard outside.

Ke ua nui nei ma waho.

Ua is the Hawaiian weather verb for rain, while ke ua nui nei marks ongoing heavy rain and ma waho means outside.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

Hawaiian with correct ʻokina and kahakō; aloha register conventions.

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