Online Hawaiian Language Resource Reviews

[Bullwinkle]

learned my first in the home - learned my second (and third language) in school..... and a bit of latin - never mind...... grin

[unknownjulie]

Yes, I agree with Bullwinkle you can study language in school, but you only learn to speak it by using it in an "immersion" setting. Then it's not a novelty, but a form of communication.

[Bullwinkle]

Unknown:

How many do you speak and write to base an opinion? - just curious

Best thing about being fluent in many languages is the understanding of cultures and history and norms through out the centuries

Worst thing is I cant spell in any of them - using the different language versions of windows a great way to stay current as well as media from different cultures on the web

In most cases it it what defines us as multi cultural - its not just the language


Its out there - just takes some work - comes easy to kids - not so easy as we age - like most things that help kids grow - It starts at home -

[Frank]

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Originally posted by Bullwinkle

learned my first in the home - learned my second (and third language) in school..... and a bit of latin - never mind...... grin

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i know a little czech, only language my grandparents used when talking with my father...my brothers, sisters and i (10) were not allowed to speak this beautiful/melodious language at home as this is america and you can not make a living in america if you do not speak engrish...to bad...i'm in recovery from my latin experience...i speak pidgen, does that count?

[unknownjulie]

Bullwinkle, I have spoken and written French, Spanish, German, Arabic, Italian and Latin (unless I'm forgetting some). And I have spoken Navajo. I guess now I have to add Hawaiian and Japanese, since we've been here a while and I've been picking up some phrases in these languages. But the only two languages that I can really "confidently get around in" are English and Spanish. (I think there was also some dialect in switzerland that I've forgotten what it's called). Oh, almost forgot. I spoke that weird French when I was in Haiti. I think it's called Creole?

[Bullwinkle]

@Frank

Its the colloquialisms that make it fun for me ... very true in Hawaiian as well I've come to find

[EightFingers]

Long time ago I learned "da kine" was NOT pronounced "dah keenay" [:0]

[reni]

Tweez, What I love so much about the Hawaiian language is it's poetic nature and
The use of words, found in nature, to describe hidden meanings.
One can gain an incredible insight to the Hawaiian language just by studying their music and translations found on web sites. Another one of my pastimes on dark dreary mainland days!
While on the mainland, we found 2 internet sites that played Hawaiian music exclusively. One was Aloha Joe.com... the other was Hawaiian rainbow.com. Joe has a radio show, with a sizable following of people longing for the Islands. There might be some comradely for you . Both play excellent Hawaiian music and We still enjoy tuning into both !

[reni]

woops! talk about hidden meaning! I meant comradery!