In our TENTH “FREE”episode of “LIVING THE ALOHA LIFE” we’ll be discussing our first of TWO EPISODES dedicated to HAWAIIAN PIDGIN 101.īUT in this FIRST EPISODE We’ll go over the most well known TRADITIONAL HAWAIIAN WORDS as well as Words in Pidgin created back in the days of the Pineapple & Sugarcane Plantations. If we hope to grow here at “Living the Aloha Life” and create a 24/7 Podcast Radio Station and Branding line, one day we need DEDICATED PATRONS like you to join us! Please consider joining the “ALOHA LIFE” ohana! We dedicate a lot of time and sweat into this Podcast and it costs us! We have a lot of pride in what we do and the service we provide those who Love Hawaii. If you are enjoying these FREE PODCASTS we do each month we hope you take a moment to become a PATREON MEMBER and become a Patron of our show…FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS we are having a $5 PODCAST PROMOTION…Get on-board while you can at this INTRO Price!

To the locals, adding Pidgin to the official language list makes no difference to those who grew up speaking it and have been their whole lives, said Wang.ALOHA and E KOMO MAI to “Living The Aloha Life” with Wayde & Mike! Depending on who he is speaking to, Wang said, “I can turn it on and off.” That’s what they know,” said Patrick Wang, who has lived in Oahu for over 40 years. For example, “dat” means that and “fadda” means father or dad. To non-Pidgin speakers, it may sound like slang. Pidgin is a combination of expressions and phrases that are recognizable to those who speak it. Both were added to the census list that included over 100 languages, representative of the islands diversity.ĥ5 years of statehood: Celebrating Hawaii The results revealed a number of Pidgin and Hawaiian Pidgin speakers. The census surveyed more than 325,000 Hawaiian residents from 2009 to 2013, asking whether they spoke any language other than English at home. Kapu (kah-poo) prohibited, sacred or taboo. Kne (kah-nay) male, husband, man or masculinity. Kanak Attack (ku-nack-uh-tack) The inevitable sleepiness that washes over you after you’ve eaten a large quantity of food. Census Bureau in November after a five-year survey was conducted on bilingual speakers. Kamaina (ka-muh-ai-nah) Hawaiian definition of the word means native-born.

Pidgin, spoken in Hawaii for decades, is now listed as one of the official languages in the islands.

Hawaiian pidgin 101