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Na Iʻa
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Here are the different iʻa you can catch. Go ahead and practice their names.
Makau
Mākoi
Vacob
E Hopu Iʻa Kakou!
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Youʻll have choke more fun when you use
ʻolelo Hawaiʻi to play hopu iʻa.
Here are some sentences you can practice together.
Go chance um!
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Sentences
Pattern #1
E Kawai, he aha kēia?
Childʻs Name
Translation: Hey Kawai, what is this?
He mahimahi kēia.
Fish Name
Translation: This is a mahimahi.
Pattern #2
E Keali'i, i hea ka mahimahi?
Childʻs Name
Fish Name
Translation: Hey Keali'i, where is the mahimahi?
Translation: Here is the mahimahi.
Fish Name
Eia ka mahimahi.
Pattern #3
E Kawai, e hopu i ka mahimahi.
Childʻs Name
Fish Name
Translation: Hey Kawai, catch the mahimahi
Ua hopu au i ka mahimahi.
Fish Name
Translation: I caught the mahimahi
Pattern #4
E Keali'i, e ho'i i ka mahimahi i ke kai.
Childʻs Name
Fish Name
Translation: Hey Keali'i, return the mahimahi to the ocean.
Ua ho'i au i ka mahimahi i ke kai.
Translation: I returned the mahimahi to the ocean
Fish Name
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