Once I learned this I could better express myself in Hawaiian

Aloha kakou! Pehea mai nei oukou i keia pule?

Years ago, in one of my Hawaiian classes, we (the students) were trying to figure out what the word manao meant in a sentence. 

Most students thought it meant “think”. 

The teacher told us that given the context, manao didn’t mean “think”, but it meant “intent”. 

This meaning made more sense in that sentence once we read it with that meaning.

At the time, I understood the general context of the passage we read, but I didn’t know that manao meant “intent”. Once I learned another way to use manao, I was able to add another meaning to a word that I already knew and increase my ability to express myself in Hawaiian.

Last week we went over 5 different ways to use the word komo. 

This week we will go over a variety of uses for the word manao. 

• I ko’u manao, pololei oia.— In my opinion, she is right.
• He manao kou?— Do you have a comment?
• Oia ke ano o ko lakou manao ana— That’s the way they think.
• Manao au, e ai ana ka ohana— I expect that the family will eat.
• E hele me ka manao e hui me Pua— Go with the intention to meet with Pua.

I want you to develop an intimate relationship with the traditional words, so you can expand your ability to express yourself in Hawaiian. 

There are plenty of words like this, and next week we will go over another common word you can expand on.

Me ka manao maikai,

Malu 

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