![]() Similar to broke da mouth is “ono”, which also means delicious. ![]() You could actually combine this with the previous term “we go grind” and say, “we go grind at Ippy’s, da food broke da mouth!” Photo courtesy of The Poke Bowl Broke Da MouthĪnother popular pidgin saying relating to food is, “broke da mouth,” meaning the food is delicious. There have been times when I’ve been on the mainland and said this to my friends only to have them look at me as if I had two heads! Grinds refer to any kind of food, and the saying refers to going to get something to eat. Speaking of food, “we go grind” is another popular food saying. Photo courtesy of Summer Cruise Series Grinds People will often refer to the hours between 4-6 p.m. as “pau hana” time and you will see local restaurants advertising “pau hana” happy hour and dinner specials. Pau hana just might be my favorite word because it means done with work! In Hawaiian, “pau” means to be finished with something and “hana” means work. And it just so happens most of the ones I mention in this article are about food, of course! Pau Hana I could write an entire series just on Hawaiian Pidgin words, but here are some of the more common ones you will hear in Hawaii. Photo Courtesy of Mary Ellen Gomez Blogspot ![]() This mix of cultures all living and working together learned to communicate by integrating bits and pieces of each other’s languages, and this pidgin language continues to influence the modern day culture of the Hawaiian islands. Hawaiian Pidgin was shaped by a wide variety of different languages, including Hawaiian, Portuguese, Japanese, Cantonese, Korean, Filipino dialects, and American English. Pidgin language in Hawaii stems back to the days of 19 th century sugar plantations, when workers and plantation owners representing different ethnicities needed a common language. Census Bureau as an official language spoken in Hawaii. With its own unique words and distinct pronunciations, in 2015 Hawaiian Pidgin was listed by the U.S. However, pidgin is commonly used among Kama’aina. There are two official languages in Hawaii: English and Hawaiian. ![]() In my latest installment of “How Fo Ack,” I talk about the very basics of communicating in Hawaii: the ability to understand and even talk a little pidgin. ![]()
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