June 13, 2012

Today in class, we went over numbers. We learned to count in Hawaiian, up to 100 (ho'okahi haneli), starting from 0 (ole). I understood counting in Hawaiian because it is something we learned in elementary school. We also went over the questions such as what is your name ('o wai kou inoa?) and Aia 'oe i ka papa hea (what grade are you in?). We also went over answering those questions. Another thing we did was read the book on Haloa. We went around in a circle, each person first read the olelo Hawai'i, then the olelo haole. Then we listened to kumu re-read the olelo hawai'i. The story talked about Haloa's geneology. His mother (Papahanaumoku) and his father (Wakea), and all the children they had with their various others. The book also talked about how he is the first Hawaiian, a kupuna to all the future generations of Hawaiians.