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Hawaiian With Pops

ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi

Learn ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi by Listening — a two-week trip through Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi

  • 16 chapters
  • 7:49:14 total
  • What you'll hear: Standard modern Hawaiian (ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi) with Pukui–Elbert spelling

The audiobook is the full sixteen-chapter course. The video edition shows every line on screen; its first chapters are free to watch.

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Sample from the start of the courseAbout 4 to 5 minutes
Course introductionAbout 1½ minutes
The method

How it works

An English guide explains one small idea, a native speaker says it, and you say it yourself in the pause.

Start with Chapter 1 and listen in order — each chapter builds on the last.

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About this course

Hawaiian With Pops

Learn Hawaiian by listening. Over sixteen chapters you travel for two weeks through Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi Island and Kauaʻi, building real sentences one piece at a time: you hear the English, say it aloud in Hawaiian, then hear a model voice. You'll greet people the Hawaiian way, introduce yourself by place and family, say place names correctly, order at the table, find your way, tell the story of your day, ask permission at sacred places, and say goodbye properly. Standard modern Hawaiian (ʻōlelo Hawaiʻi) with Pukui–Elbert spelling. About 7 hours 48 minutes. Compiled and edited by Pops; the voices are digital.

16 chapters · 7:49:14

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1The Engine26:20
  2. Chapter 2Aloha at the Airport28:07
  3. Chapter 3Wanting, Needing, Being Able30:02
  4. Chapter 4Where Things Are30:38
  5. Chapter 5Numbers, Time and Money29:49
  6. Chapter 6The Names on the Map27:51
  7. Chapter 7The Table29:39
  8. Chapter 8Describing and Comparing29:21
  9. Chapter 9Yesterday, Tomorrow, Always, Never29:35
  10. Chapter 10ʻOhana28:50
  11. Chapter 11Connecting Ideas30:37
  12. Chapter 12The Volcano and the Rules of Respect30:02
  13. Chapter 13Hotel, Car, Problems29:18
  14. Chapter 14The Body, the Doctor, the Pharmacy28:49
  15. Chapter 15The Glue and the Loan-Word Gift29:10
  16. Chapter 16A Hui Hou31:08

Total runtime 7:49:14 (about 8 hours).