Conversational Hawaiian 2A
$80.00
SESSION LENGTH: 8 WEEKS
DATES
Oct. 14 - Dec. 9, 2025 (break 11/23 - 11/30)
CLASS TIMES
Section One
Tuesdays at 12:00 pm HST
Section Two
Tuesdays at 2:00 pm HST
Section Three
Tuesdays at 5:30 pm HST
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
Class Attendance
- All classes are delivered live via Zoom.
- There are three "Sections" of CH2A on Tuesdays for you to choose from: 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, and 5:30 pm HST. Each Section runs for an hour.
- You may switch which Section you attend, week to week, based on your schedule.
- You attend as many Sections as you pay for. If you want to attend two Sections, please register for the class twice.
- You will have access to all three Sections of the class videos and notes each week in BAND (see below). That equates to about 135 minutes of available instruction per week (45 mins x 3).
Class Videos and Other Materials
- To gain access to the class materials, homework, recordings, and PDF notes from each class, you will need to join the CH2A "BAND" group.
- BAND is like a private FaceBook for small groups of people, schools, hālau, and so on. It is free.
- Joining the BAND group is mandatory for participation.
- The CH2A BAND information will be in the "Class Information" email sent to you upon registration. If you do not see the email, please check your “All Mail” inbox.
- If you do not get the email at all, please reach out to us at feedback [at] oleloonline [dot] com.
- The Zoom Meeting ID and link can be found in both the email and at the top of the BAND feed.
If you need help, contact us at feedback [at] oleloonline [dot] com.
SUPPLEMENTARY LANGUAGE LAB CLASS
We offer an optional supplementary $80 language lab/practice class for CH2A and CH2B students on Fridays at 2:30 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.
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ABOUT THE CLASS
This is Conversational Hawaiian at the 2A level for beginner speakers who want to focus on refining the basics and adding some more depth to their knowledge, as well as the ability to understand and produce short- to medium-length utterances.
If you understand the basics taught in CH1A and CH1B, then you are ready to join the CH2A class. In CH2A, you will learn much more Hawaiian language, including the following main areas of attention:
- Further refinement of knowledge from CH1A and CH1B
- Pepeke Nonoʻa He (“something has a something”)
- A-class and O-class possession
- Kāhulu Iʻoa and Kāhulu Nonoʻa modifiers
- More ʻawe types (ʻawe hiaʻo, ʻawe henua, level 2)
- Practice with use of iʻoahenua
- Telling time down to the second
- Basic Hawaiian directionals (hunekuhi)
- Pepeke Makua, Pepeke Keiki (dependent clauses)
- Conditionals (if…then)
- Conjunctions (kuʻina pepeke)
- Confirming and asking for confirmation
- Saying “when” and “whenever” something happens
- When something is obtained (loaʻa)
- When something goes into the possession of another (lilo 1)
- When something becomes something (lilo 2)
- When something is understood (maopopo)
- More in-depth use of Hawaiian prosody
In CH2A, kumu Kaliko will also get your ear used to listening to short phrases in Hawaiian, and get your tongue untied so you can easily produce short sentences reliably and intelligibly. (CH2A is taught using Hawaiian as the language of instruction about 5% of the time.)
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/