Kia ora e te iwi!
This week is a bit different, as I wanted to speak on my experience learning and teaching myself Hawaiian.
I wanted to try and give a nice benchmark of where I am at, so I have attempted to speak completely in the olelo about my experience. I offer a reo Maori dub for comprehension.
The main points really that I wish to drive home is:
1st - Find your why. It just need's to be enough to get you started.
2nd - Find yourself some listening material and focus on acquiring the sound of the language.
3rd - Have a way to track the minutes/hours you speed listening.
4th - That's it. Just do that repeatedly.
I'm especially grateful for people like Malu the founder of Ka Alala,sharing their great aloha for their language and giving me the opportunity to learn the language of our tuakana.
I'm also grateful for Emily the founder of Kaulumaika and her podcast Hawaiian At Home (If you didn't know, Malu is Emily's tane.)
Hawaiian At Home actually gave me the courage to start my podcast. I really enjoyed her style of podcasting, and from there I decided that I will do my bit for te reo Maori. So, mahalo to you both.