Laʻana!

Hawaiian Example Sentences

He makuakāne koʻu

I have a father.

Source: Hawaiian phrase book; no huaolelo a me na olelo kikeke ma ka olelo Beritania a me ka olelo Hawaii


He makuakāne anei koʻu?

Do I have a father?

Source: Hawaiian phrase book; no huaolelo a me na olelo kikeke ma ka olelo Beritania a me ka olelo Hawaii


ʻAi ihola na mākuakāne a pau, nā ʻōhua ʻeʻe waʻa kaulua a me ka poʻe lawelawe.

Source: He moʻolelo no ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū


ʻAʻole ʻo ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū i haʻi aku i ko lākou makuakāne no kēia leo ʻuā hou.

Source: He moʻolelo no ʻAukelenuiaʻīkū


Ua ʻumikūmāono oʻu makahiki, ʻā, kūʻai koʻu makuakāne i koʻu lole ʻauʻau mua loa.

Source: He Moʻolelo No Kapaʻahu


Na kuʻu makuakāne nō i kūkulu.

Source: He Moʻolelo No Kapaʻahu


A ma Laeʻapuki, he ulu niu a he pā hale nō, a he hale kahakai a kuʻu makuakāne i kūkulu ai ma laila.

Source: He Moʻolelo No Kapaʻahu


Noho koʻu makuakāne i Hilo, no ka mea, aia nō ʻo ia e hana ana i ka hale ʻauhau.

Source: He Moʻolelo No Kapaʻahu


Kokoke ma hope mai, hele mai ana ʻo Konanui, ka makuakāne o koʻu makuahine e ʻike, pehea lā, ua hānau paha ʻo ia.

Source: He Moʻolelo No Kapaʻahu


Ua kūkulu koʻu makuakāne i ʻenamakani ma luna o ka māwae wai, a na ka ʻenamakani e pāuma wai i ka hale.

Source: He Moʻolelo No Kapaʻahu


He hale kuahiwi nō i kūkulu ai koʻu makuakāne ma Pānau.

Source: He Moʻolelo No Kapaʻahu


Ua kūʻai koʻu makuakāne i a kēlā ʻaina a ua mālama mākou i kēlā.

Source: He Moʻolelo No Kapaʻahu


Ha‘aheo ka makuakāne i kāna keiki hiwahiwa no ke akamai i ka ho‘onaninani hale pā‘ina.

Source: Star Advertiser


Kohu like nō ka mo‘olelo me ka hapanui o nā mākuakāne ma Hawai‘i nei.

Source: Star Advertiser


E a‘o ana kona makuakāne i ka ‘alihikūlele i ke ‘ano maika‘i o ka nou ‘ana.

Source: Star Advertiser