Laila o ioahenua

LAILA vs. `Ō & I`OAHENUA

HAW 101

`Ō

• ʻŌ is used when you point out a place to a person and he/she does not know what place you are referring to. The word ‘ō is usually used with some kind of pointing gesture.

• For example, “Your mom is over there (ʻō) in Macy’s.” The person being talked to does not know that you are referring to Macy’s when you say the word there (ʻō) as you do not mention Macy’s until later in the sentence.

Aia kou mamā ma ‘ō ma Macy’s. Your mom is over there in Macy’s.

LAILA

• Laila is used to refer to a place that you have already mentioned to the person you are talking to. Thus, the person should know which “there” you are referring to.

• For example, “My auntie lives in Las Vegas. It is very hot there.” The person who is being talked to already knows that “there” in the second sentence refers to Las Vegas because you just mentioned it.

Noho koʻu ʻanakē ma Las Vegas. Wela loa ʻo laila. My auntie lives in Las Vegas. It is very hot there.

I`OAHENUA

i/ma mua o _____

in front of/before ______

i/ma hope o _____

in back/behind/after _____

i/ma waena o _____

in the middle of/between/among/in the center of ______

I`OAHENUA

i/ma luna o ______

on/on top of/above _______

i/ma lalo o ______on bottom of/below/under ______

i/ma loko o ______inside of/within _______

i/ma waho o ______outside of ______

I`OAHENUA

i/ma uka o _______ “ma uka,” inland of _____

i/ma kai o _______“ma kai,” seaward of _______

i/ma ʻō aku o _______beyond, on the far side of _____

i/ma ʻaneʻi mai o _____this side of _______

IMPORTANT NOTES

• You may already be familiar with some iʻoahenua from place names and general conversation, as in the following:Waiākea Kai Ma kai WaiākeaKona Waena Central KonaKalihi Uka Ma uka KalihiLahaina Luna Upper LahainaKaʻieʻie Waho Outer Kaʻieʻiema kai refers to something on the side closer to the seama uka refers to something on the side more inlandI mua! Forward!

NĀ LAÀNA (Examples)

• between the carsma waena o nā kaʻa

• My truck is between the carsAia koʻu kalaka ma waena o nā kaʻa

• That (f) is my truck between the cars.Ò kēlā koù kalaka ma waena o nā kaà.


• outside of her housema waho o kona hale

• Her bag is outside of her house.Aia kona `eke ma waho o kona hale.

• There is a lot of rubbish outside of her house.Nui ka ʻōpala ma waho o kona hale.


• under the blue carma lalo o ke kaʻa uliuli

• The cat is under the blue car.Aia ka pōpoki ma lalo o ke kaʻa uliuli.

• That (n) is a cat under the blue car.He pōpoki kēnā ma lalo o ke kaʻa uliuli.


• in front of Kananima mua o Kanani

• They (3+) are in front of Kanani.Aia lākou ma mua o Kanani.

• She sat in front of KananiUa noho ʻo ia ma mua o Kanani

*Note that there is no ʻokina in front of Kanani even if it is a name because the o in this case means “of”

REMINDERS

• Remember that you need a kaʻi following the iʻoahenua unless the word is an iʻoa (proper noun) or papani (pronoun). As a reminder, kaʻi are words like “the, this, that, my, your, his, her, etc.” If no kaʻi is provided in English, you should use “ka” or “ke” as appropriate as in the following example:

• before school ma mua o ke kula• He cleaned his room before school

Ua hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻo ia i kona lumi ma mua o ke kula

CONTRACTIONS

• Also note the following contractions: – O + AU = OʻU ME

– O + ʻOE = OU YOU

– O + ʻO IA = ONA HIM/HER


O + AU = OʻU ME

• in front of me i mua oʻu

• She is in front of me.Aia ʻo ia i mua oʻu.


O + ʻOE = OU YOU

• behind of youma hope ou

• The monster is behind (of) you!Aia ka tutua ma hope ou!

• The monster is behind of your friend.Aia ka tutua ma hope o kou hoaaloha.


O + ʻO IA = ONA HIM/HER

• under him/herma lalo ona

• The blanket is under him/her.Aia ke kapa moe ma lalo ona.

• The blanket is under his/her mom.Aia ke kapa moe ma lalo o kona māmā.

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