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| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4880 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes  Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 1 of 6 10 July 2012 at 9:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Here's a video of our canoe club learning E Ala Ua Ao, a Hawaiian pule (chant) welcoming the gods and the new day.
I thought some of you might like to see how much people can do with only 13 letters! And this is only the first four lines - you can hear the full chant at 24". I'll post Part II as soon as it's up. Ua hele kanaka aia i luna Ua kaio ka ho'oka 'ula ka ho'oka lei e... Awake, it is the day, it is light Men are abroad The red dawn has shown itself The bloom of morning... Edited by kanewai on 11 July 2012 at 12:34am 6 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Solfrid Cristin Heptaglot Winner TAC 2011 & 2012 Senior Member Norway Joined 5325 days ago 4143 posts - 8864 votes Speaks: Norwegian*, Spanish, Swedish, French, English, German, Italian Studies: Russian | Message 2 of 6 10 July 2012 at 10:00pm | IP Logged | ||
I wonder how we could call the chant in Norwegian. The Hawaian one is an extremely rude word in our language, I am afraid :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5684 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 3 of 6 11 July 2012 at 12:18am | IP Logged | ||
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This is so much fun! Hawaiian is a sort of semi-heritage language for me (my dad's family came from a long line of missionaries who settled on the islands and intermarried and forgot their religious roots), albeit one I can't speak a word of – though I can sing "Mele Kalikimaka", and I recall my grandfather saying a few words to me in Hawaiian when I was very young. Right now I'm watching your video and have already learned the first verse and the clapping pattern – looking forward to the next one! Thanks for posting this. :)
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| Teango Triglot Winner TAC 2010 & 2012 Senior Member United States teango.wordpress.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5547 days ago 2210 posts - 3734 votes Speaks: English*, German, Russian Studies: Hawaiian, French, Toki Pona | Message 4 of 6 11 July 2012 at 1:38am | IP Logged | ||
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Cool video kanewai (link bookmarked)! I can't wait to start learning this fascinating language once I touch down in Honolulu. :) Edited by Teango on 11 July 2012 at 1:39am 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kanewai Triglot Senior Member United States justpaste.it/kanewai Joined 4880 days ago 1386 posts - 3054 votes Speaks: English*, French, Marshallese Studies: Italian, Spanish | Message 5 of 6 17 July 2012 at 12:14am | IP Logged | ||
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Solfrid - Hawaiian songs always have a kaona, which is a hidden or metaphorical meaning. I don't think this one meant to go that far! Mele is the general word for chants. Mele hula are danced, mele oli are not. I hope these words sound better in Norwegian!
Jinx - You've already got the clapping pattern down??@!! I'm impressed. Most of us are still struggling with it, even the Native Hawaiians. The syncopation is different than in Western music. I find that I can keep the beat, or I can chant, but I can't seem to combine them. Teango - Once you're here, you'll find plenty of resources! A lot of people are committed to keeping the language alive. E Ala Ua Ao Part II is now up. We have until Saturday to get it down! Ua hele kanaka aia i luna Ua kaio ka ho'oka 'ula Ka ho'oka lei ē.... O ke aka no 'ia mai Kahikikū a Kahikimoe Mai Kahikikapakapa ua e Kāne Eia mai ka pule ka waioha Kanaenae iā 'oe, e ke akua E ola no ē.... Awake, it is day, it is light Men are abroad The red dawn has shown itself The bloom of morning... Awaking fromt he eastern to the western pillars of heaven From Kahikikapakapa, ruins of Kāne Here is the prayer to the purified water Adoration to you, o god Give us life we pray.... Edited by kanewai on 17 July 2012 at 9:26pm 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5684 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 6 of 6 17 July 2012 at 5:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah well, I guess I have a bit of an advantage: I grew up with a musician dad and basically spent my whole childhood attending singings led by him, doing all sorts of music. My sister and I had to rapidly learn weird Georgian scales, solos in Welsh, various languages' pronunciations and accents, and certainly every rhythm you could imagine. By about age five I was looking down my nose at people who couldn't clap on the off-beat, haha. I'll admit this particular pattern isn't exactly easy when combined with the singing, but I find that if you really "feel" the beat it helps, and pretty soon the clapping becomes an aid rather than a hindrance.
Yay, a second verse! *goes running off to learn it* :) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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