I was going to get pronunciation coaching from the GPS lady!

What to do the day of a red eye flight out. - You want to see some great photos? Should I camp?

Even our most common words and phrases can be tricky to learn. Here’s a list of commonly mispronounced words: Poke.

On this pronunciation guide, to my ear all of the ou's are distinct ohs. She taught me to say "Hale-a-kah-lah'" which is, literally, hale (house) a (of) ka-la' (gold). I'm simply reflecting what my late kumu hula, a native speaker, taught me and what I hear the old-timers here saying.

Now, that's correct, and is pronounced that way on the link. How can I visit Mauna Kea summit and/or the Visitor Information Station?

She even mispronounces some English names and insists on rendering "Dr." (drive) as doctor. Where specifically to be based on the West Coast?

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Included are common Hawaiian words and names that you may encounter during your vacation. Another thing: A good Hawaiian friend in California chided me for saying, "(ta && ta.queueForLoad ? Reason being that even though we don't think about it, Say, saw, flow, flew all get an extra Y or W sound at the end, which extra is not there in the Hawaiian, the vowel sound is cleaner.

It's more like the AU in German. It's a very nice site, and the words are pronouced by a native speaker.

Darn! In any case, this would be a great resource to just go through and get an idea.

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