Conversational Hawaiian 1A
OOVC-CH1A-202503
$80.00
SESSION LENGTH: 8 WEEKS
CLASS TIMES
Section One
Mondays at 12:00 pm HST
Section Two
Mondays at 2:00 pm HST
ACCESS
How Sections Work
You will have access to one live class per week per registration. Each week, come to the class Section that best fits your schedule. Each of the available Section times are shown above. Regardless of which live Section you attend, you'll have access to the recordings and PDF class notes from all Sections each week.
Supplementary Language Lab Class
We offer an optional supplementary $80 language lab/practice class for CH1A students on Fridays at 12:00 pm HST to support your learning journey. Language Lab classes are taught by kumu Kalani Stoleson. If you are interested, you can add a Language Lab class to your Cart here.
Hoʻomaʻamaʻa (Lab)
Quantity
ABOUT THE CLASS
Have you been thinking about learning the Hawaiian language and been looking for a friendly absolute beginner class so you can start from scratch? Do you have children or grandchildren with whom you want to speak Hawaiian at home, or who are just starting out in Hawaiian immersion education? Or perhaps you want to learn the basics so you can improve your singing or your understanding of hula. Then choose this Level I Absolute Beginner course.
If you have had no formal instruction in Hawaiian sentence patterns and terminology, then select the CH1A Absolute Beginner class. You should also choose this level even if you have been using Duolingo or a similar app to learn phrases and vocabulary, especially if that has been your only exposure to learning Hawaiian.
We will cover all of the important building blocks needed to start reading, writing, and communicating in Hawaiian including:
- The Hawaiian alphabet and pronunciation
- Basic reading skills
- An overview of the “Pepeke” Hawaiian-language model used to describe phrase and sentence patterns
- The four basic Pepeke phrase patterns (locational Pepeke Henua, stative Pepeke Painu ʻAʻano, and two action phrases – Pepeke Painu Hamani and Pepeke Painu Hehele).
- Hawaiian pronouns (papani)
- Single-word modifiers (kāhulu memeʻa)
- Numbers (helu)
- Telling time on the hour
- Asking questions: what, who, and how many?
- Talking about things in the past, present, and future
- Giving commands and suggestions, and saying “should/must”
REFUNDS & EXCHANGES
We prefer to keep things simple!
If you need to cancel your eight-week Session with us within the first two weeks of class, we will refund you 100% of the cost of the class. We can also defer your attendance until the following Session if you prefer.
If you wish to change to another level after the Session has begun, we are happy to do that at no charge! Just let us know, and we'll get you set up in the class that fits your needs best!
If you are further than two weeks into the Session and wish to drop or otherwise have an issue, please contact us, and we can evaluate on a case-by-case basis.
You can contact us at: https://oleloonline.com/contact/
HOW TO ACCESS YOUR CLASS
LIVE CLASSES
You will have access to the live lesson for the section you register for. You will get an email with the Zoom ID and link after your successful purchase. Please note that if you purchase both sections, you can attend both live, via Zoom. Otherwise, please only attend one of the sections live on zoom. Either way, you will get the recordings for both sections in your BAND.us group (more information about BAND below).
RESOURCES
In the email with your Zoom link, you will also get a link to a BAND.us group for the class for which you registered. In this BAND, you will have access to the recordings of all the sections for the class, as well as the notes for all sections. You can ask questions there, practice, and get feedback from your classmates. Best of all, BAND is free! Make sure to join the BAND for your class using the link provided in the email. If you sign up for more than one class, you will get an email for EACH class, so be sure to join the BAND for each class.