Day 4: Life in The Hawaiian Language

03.04.2018 There is an ʻōlelo noʻeau or wise saying in the Hawaiian Language: “I ka ʻōlelo nō ke ola, i ka ʻōlelo nō ka make.” In language there is life, in language there is death. (Pukui 2001, 129, #1191) Meaning that when a language dies, the culture, the people and everything associated with that language, … Continue reading Day 4: Life in The Hawaiian Language