Aloha! Just this past week our Hawaiian studies class had a potluck filled with lots of ono "delicious" fare from all over the world. They had everything from Vietnamese spring rolls, to Hawaiian musubis to Turkish hot cheese buns. We also had to say goodbye to two of our students who completed our program. We wish them the best of luck for and we hope that we can meet again one day!
One of the things that makes Hawaii so great is its diversity of people and cultures. If you ever come to Hawaii, you may notice that many of the people here speak in a different dialect of English. This dialect is called Pidgin English, or Hawaii Creole English. Pidgin English has been influenced by the many different cultures and languages that are in Hawaii. Some of these languages include Hawaiian, Portuguese, Cantonese, Japanese, Filipino, and Korean.
Want to learn some Pidgin? Let's start off with some basic words and that are commonly used in Hawaii.
Grinds (noun) - Food or a meal. Grinds - (adjective) Something delicious.
Ex.
1. Where's the grinds?
Where is the food?
2. This sandwich is grinds!
This sandwich is delicious!
Here is something interesting about this word in Pidgin English. If you change grinds into a non-plural word (grind instead of grinds), it becomes a verb.
Grind (verb) - To eat
Ex.
1. You wanna go grind?
Do you want to eat (something)?
Pau (rhymes with cow) - Finished, done
Ex.
1. You pau your homework?
Are you finished with your homework?
2. You pau eat? or You pau grind?
Are you finished eating?
That's all for now folks! Have fun with these words and stay tuned for more updates!
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