Heading to Hawaii for your next vacation? Although English is spoken all over the islands, Hawaiian is as well. Here are a few phrases to know for your trip:<\/p>\n
You\u2019ve probably already heard of \u201caloha.\u201d This means both \u201chello\u201d and \u201cgoodbye,\u201d but it is also used as a stand-in for nearly any and every positive emotion.<\/p>\n
Another word you\u2019ll definitely see in Hawaii is \u201cmahalo,\u201d which means \u201cthank you.\u201d Using this on the island will show you\u2019ve done your research.<\/p>\n
Finally, you might see signs saying \u201cKapu\u201d if you go out hiking or exploring. This word has deep religious roots, and today it\u2019s used to mark off private areas and translates roughly to \u201cKeep out.\u201d<\/p>\n
These are just a few of the many bits of Hawaiian language you\u2019ll find on your trip. Aloha, and see you soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Heading to Hawaii for your next vacation? Although English is spoken all over the islands, Hawaiian is as well. Here are a few phrases to know for your trip: You\u2019ve probably already heard of \u201caloha.\u201d This means both \u201chello\u201d and \u201cgoodbye,\u201d but it is also used as a stand-in for nearly any and every positive emotion.… Continue reading Hawaiian phrases you should know for your vacation [Video]<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,9,10,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-big-island-vacation-information","category-hawaii-events","category-hawaii-vacation-information","category-hawaiian-history","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":327,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108\/revisions\/327"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaiianbeachrentals.com\/hawaiitravelblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}