PIDGIN - Hawaii's Other Language - Know These Sayings (But Don't Feel Like You Need To Use Them)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 พ.ย. 2024
- This topic is related to real estate in Hawaii in that our team is local, we deal with lots of local vendors, and we inevitably serve as liaisons between locals and visitors - mostly from the mainland.
So, what do you need to know about pidgin?
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Derek and Mahe discuss common pidgin sayings and phrases you are 99.99% likely to encounter when you move to Hawaii.
Things to consider:
many people in Hawaii speak a mix of languages
many people in Hawaii do not speak pidgin
many people in Hawaii use English as a second or third language
emerging technology blurs borders between culture, language and generations
life is changing constantly on our islands
this video is not intended to be the definitive video on pidgin, rather a thoughtful discussion for our audience
At the end of the day, we aim to inform and share our experience with those of you seriously planning to move here, or who have already moved and are still adjusting.
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Derek Okahashi
RS-82017
Licensed In Hawaii
I'm one of those that was born and raised here, but went away for long time. I didn't speak 100% pidgin growing up, but always had pidgin in me if needed. I'm pretty much all proper English now, but sometimes you just gotta talk pidgin to get your point across. Like with my grandma who immigrated from the Philippines in 1968, the only time I don't need to repeat myself to her is when I talk pidgin. When I talk too proper I feel like I have to repeat myself. So if I say "Gramma I no can come cause no more gas" then she understands me, but if i say "Grandma, i don't have gas in my car so I cant pick up the vegetables" then she always asks me to repeat myself! So pidgin was born out of necessity!
DAS WHY!!
I don't speak pidgin anymore, but my accent lingers on.
I was born there, parents were born there and we've been gone for such a long time. BUT, I do and will understand everything they're saying, puts a smile on my face. I could be in a store and someone behind me that I can't see....once they talk, I will know if they're from Hawaii. My Mom still has the Hawaii pidgin accent. One might leave the islands...but the ISLANDS NEVER LEAVES YOU !
I worked in Hawaii for a long time , being Mexican and spending so much time with the locals and learning the culture, I fell in love. Made me feel welcomed and right at home. Love Hawaii and the people!
As a Latina, I have always felt like pidgin is a close cousin to Spanglish lol
I MISS THE OLD PIDGIN COMEDY FROM THE 70S AND EIGHTIES!!!
My wife is from texas. She has no sense of humor. I miss speaking pidgin sometimes so I speak to her in pidgin. She tells me I sound like a stupid person. I know I should have married a wahine from Hawaii. She no can cook the foods I like either. 😅
Tru dat brudda but mobetta u tell ur wahine Texas speaking people no talk English either plus dey get one drawl wen dey talk storey n pigeon is Hawaii's legal registered olelo
@@ericgorloff1719 watt you said is true. I no can understand some people wen dey open they mouth. In boot camp one time I punch this buggah in the hed when he was talking to me. I thought he was making fun of me.
#KALAHEOGradHere I understood pidgin, spoke very small kine, had dialect around locals....anytime onn the mainland I immediately spot anyone from Hawaii just by dialect, moved away 30 years but still go back frequently and pick up where I left off. LOVE your videos, you bring "home" to us on the mainland for those "priced out of paradise".
If I lived in Hawaii or was born in Hawaii I would speak Hawaiian, Dakine and Spangles.
Hawaii has always been multicultural and has an Austronesian and Oceanesian culture and this must be valued and respected by natives and residents, Hawaii above all is Oceania and it never was America has an entire language, history and culture to be respected.
This must be taken into account.
I never felt comfortable using pidgin but other military kids picked it up quickly back in the 80s. A few years ago a guy asked me if I use to live in Hawaii. I said yes how did you know. He said he heard me say Howzit a couple times.
Some military kids were cringe using it...tryn fit in
My eldest brothers hand was a permanent shaka symbol so i had it engraved on his headstone 😢
@@radar5464 very
Yeah....just doesn't fit and won't fit.@@radar5464
My favorite is "no more em" when you run out of something
especially wen da y come in the yem
Dude.
You guys sound pidgin 24 7.
Your proper English sounds like peeps from hawaiii trying to use proper English
Your overall channel, though, is super legit.
My husband left Hawaii in ‘85. He’s lived in OR., NV., AZ and now WA. Nanakuli / Waianae Obama long time. He got a lot laugh out of this pidgin thing!😉🥲❄️🤙🏼
Local’s from Hawaii always call him “uncle”! He goes to Kauai Family Hawaiian restaurant and always grabs pastries next door from Pualani pastries shop Cake’s from Paradise. That’s when he and his brother “bust out the pidgin” cause everybody feeling comfortable…”hungry!”
Born and raised in Hawaii but living on the mainland due to work/military. My pidgin comes out when I get angry, or when I'm around other people talking pidgin.
That what people don't understand being black and in the world, you speak proper English, but when your with your people, you tend to go back to hood talk.
Pidgin is a tough Vibe. I grew up in Hawaii and moved away at a young age and I lost a lot of my pidgin accent. When I moved back I decided not to talk the way I did as a kid. However because I'm white it's very difficult to acclimate and find a middle ground with sounding local versus trying too hard. Basically if you're going to learn pidgin actually learn it through and through like you would any other language. If you're going to try it casually then you're better off just learning a couple key phrases and leaving it at that. There's almost no in-between.
I will say that generally people are more understanding depending on your skin tone. I know a lot of people that have moved there that are not very white they can blend in much easier. Not to say that it's impossible but you just have to find your own Middle Ground as an individual. But in general The lighter your skin the harder it is to kind of be accepted(I am speaking generally and more often than not with first impressions. Hawaii has a very warm and loving culture and many people have the Aloha spirit regardless of your race/color). So another words if you're a white person really trying to be accepted in your trying to speak pidgin you better really speak it well.
So for all you haoles out there if you trying fo talk dakine you gotta go all out.
If you're really white, you're just "shark bait!" 😂😂
Well like so many parts of the world, a haole can talk however they want, but they just can't be accepted as a local.
@@kalolagirl4648 it happens in a lot of cultures honestly. Its like half Japanese/white people who are never accepted as Japanese but aren't really white either. Literally it can be any race where you are too green to be purple or too purple to be green depending on who is judging you lol.
This is true. My 2nd cousins are Japanese/haole and born in Hawaii. I too was born there like my parents and being half Japanese/German and half Portuguese some people don't know what I am...but here in the mainland others who have not been exposed to different cultures assume I'm Mexican. Just saying that haoles cannot be true locals as with others from different locales as you said🤙@@jacobr4558
Dang...bring back memories.....right on
guarans ball bearin's. I sure miss you folks. Stay pono. Aloha
I actually like this channel to learn more about the whole Hawaii vibe. And I miss it there!
This was an absolutely entertaining and enlighten video. Great stuff! Thanks. 🤙😉
Ho brah. I get one story. I live Maui 25+ years and I know plenny kids dat call me uncle but one a dos kids get one bebe and da madda tell da bebe eh, 'say aloha to grandpa'. Firs time I get dat kine 'respeck' from one GEN 'Z' young lady. I don't use pidgin in daily conversation unless it's appropriate but that greeting was as jarring as the first time someone called me 'sir' when I was 22. I love pidgin and local culture and appreciate this discussion by dese guys that love da kine pidgin. Respeck Brah! / No Ack!
I USE TO FREAK OUT MY HAUOLE GIRLFRIEND. I'D BE SPEAKING NORMAL ENGLISH CONVERSSTION AND A LOCAL FRIEND WOULD COME ALONG AND AUTOMATOCALLY SWITCH TO PIDGIN!! I WOULD CARRY ON A CONVERSATION BOTH IN ENGLISH AND PIDGIN!!!
I lived Kailua side as a keiki then St. Louis and lastly, Palolo. Kaimuki grad later and mainland. I spoke pidgin. I flunked English comp. Many many times in college. One professor from Hawaii had to re educate to mainland culture. I was more of a local brain. Safety for my wahini brain was a concern.
This was so informative. I enjoy respecting local cultures so thank you very much for the clarification! 💛
Fun to watch! Mahalo for doing this! I think it’s important for your business to do these talk story videos once in a while because I believe that when people see your personalities they will choose Core Team over some other real estate firm on island. That is the value in doing these. Oh hey by the way the food at WickedHI is mayjah. Went there yesterday after whale watch out of Haleiwa. Can’t believe I have never eaten at WickedHI before. Now I am gonna go there all the time!
You know us, Kristina! 😉 We’re unapologetically us. Keeping the info and experience flowing to those who it matters most 🤙
@@movingtohawaii I am just afraid you and Mahe gonna get so popular you gonna have no time for common folk haha, yall gonna be like Sotheby’s Luxury Realty only, forget about small kine.
I like that you included in your title the (but don't feel like you need to use them). I still remember someone coming up to my parents and asking where the nearest mahalo was while we were walking through Ala Mona Center. Took us a couple minutes to figure out what he meant.
I felt the same way the first time I got called “Ma’am”….. it’s such a messed up feeling 😢😂😂😂
😅 sad but true, i guess. Time waits for no one!
So I was stationed on Oahu this brings back great memories of my dear friends.
Especially "we get em" great memories of family
I was a dj at KPOI FM in the 80’s. I remember doing a commercial for some nightclub where I had to say, Hey Brah, lookin for da kine wahines? Lol
I left Hawaii in 1953. The pidgin has ended, but the accent lingers on.
Yes, just like my mom
That was really good. I really like how you guys emphasize on mutual respect and Aloha. Thank you so much
Mahe was on point! This haole has been here 30+ years, and I can...da kine. But I don't. Except for the once in a while drop...usually to the surprise of people who don't know me. Enjoying the vids.
Raja dat 🤙
Will always be a surprise....because you're haole
Love your videos!!! Keeping it all real.
We put the REAL in REALTOR just sayin’ 😎🤣🤗
We asked and you delivered. Thanks for the fun video, You guys rock!
You guys know how to code switch that’s what we do here as African Americans with AAVE. Most of us speak the same as white people when we want to. We just don’t always want to
It’s nice having more tools to access depending on who you’re communicating with
Hmmmmm.....really???
Between Hawaiian Islands, pidgin has supple differences. Listen and sometimes you can tell which Island someone is from. differences, especially BI
What's some BI pidgin?
Ok, things have probably changed some, but from my experiences here are two examples. Guy from Oahu says "I goin drive the truck to Kaneohe". BI guy says "I goin ride the truck to Kamuela". Lot of cowboy influence on BI. Also, the smaller island folks like give the shaka greeting. At least when I lived there back in the 70s', BI folks, when driving, especially Kau area like give the finger greeting.
Index finger. Pau.
Big islanders say ice shave and the other islands say shave ice
And yet, we still can't figure out how the popular british singers sound "normal" when they sing!🤣🤣
Awesome!! Very fun to watch. You both make me laugh. Enjoyable!!!
You folks say, mounTain, and "chry" for"try" , like "chry get da mail when you stay go Ala Wai"" Right?
Please explain the root word of “false crack”….
I had a kid say to me I will false you!
I was clueless when he cut it down to just “false”.
Haha it means to “side blind” or punch someone without them knowing you were going to. It’s stupid to tell someone you’re going to false them though because it literally negates the surprise element of a false crack.
Yo fren,
She say 'ai stay cahming' ??!
Ai!! Da gurl stay loko awlrehdee ah!!
😁
🤙🏼 you kno dat 😂
Bring back the Hawaiian language!! ❤❤❤❤❤
You and Mahe Rock!!!
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Altho' it is not, strictly speaking, truly pidgin in origin, 'would appreciate your insights on the current usage of the descriptive term, "hapa". For context, I am, what my Japanese okaasan would call, "hafu". When I was young (coastal SoCal born & raised), I was fondly pegged as a "hapa" by the older surfers in the line-up.... Yet, when I go back-&-forth, I feel a bit conflicted when I am routinely offered, with a knowing upward head-nod, a "kamaaina" discount (which I never take)...
Haps is just like half and half and i would grab that discount all day!
By the older surfers...from where??
Great video. Good laughs! 😆
Mahalo, Chris!
Respectfully, MAHE is Gorgeous ❤. Hope to be Home soon. Aloha from NY.
I have a few corrections to make concerning your use of pidgin.
1) 11:34 to 12:29: Can tell Mahe no can speak da kine.
“Get chance?” really means that someone wants for fool around with someone else.
Da kanes yell it to da wahines, most often.
“Get chance?” means Wanna make out?
Rude, but!
2) “Shoots!” means let’s go!
3) We say “guarans” more than automatic, when something’s a shoe-in.
4) Careful who you call Uncle and Auntie. I recommend NOT assuming familiarity, with anyone.
5) Pilau means dirty like breath, or language. You use “hamajang” or “all buss up” to refer to construction or something’s condition.
6) I am Southern. “Hoss” refers to a big kid. “Bruiser” is also used up north by Yankees.
7) Mayjah can refer to surf being up, or a person being cool. Things or People, brah.
8) “K shoots” means OK, we do it / we’ll do it / we go / we’ll go.
9) Moke is pronounced Moh-Kay. He is one big tough guy, or … da bool of da school.
10) I agree that pidgin should be spoken by those who know what they are doing. Or else, they’ll be … TRYING!
“Trying?” in pidgin really means “You’re kinda laying it on a bit thick, Brah / Sistah.”
8) If anyone makes fun of you for pronouncing both t’s, for example in the word rotten, give ‘em a head slap, for me.
Mahalo!
-Abbie in Seattle (brrrrr, damn.)
Am I remembering correctly when I recall adding "ball bearin's" to "guarens"?
yes - guarens ball barrens is like more guarens den guarens, sometimes its used as a question to make sure its guarens, in this sense there pause between the two.
@@kaniela5669 "sometimes as a question to make sure it's guarens"-would that be like, "Guarens? You sure? You sure you sure? Poseeteeve? For real kine?" (thinking back to Rap Replinger's Room Service skit)
I always thought it was "shigo"... it got me stink-eyed a couple times - LOL
I was waiting for choke. The repeating reminded me of a old joke from Andy Bumatai.
i nevah realize us locals make the strong 'T" and use repetitive words like "yah yah yah" LOL. Mindblown!!
Nah nah nah nah just sharing some poinTs
I lived in NYC for 17 years and I still say ManhaTTan.. i never say Manha-en
I’ve always had a high respect for “t” 😂 and was always made fun of. When I moved to Maui… I finally fit in❤️
I was waiting/hoping for a ‘boom kanani’ explanation.
😯😯 you know about that one?! Im not sure where the “kanani” came from haha
Love your videos been watching for a month now, Lived in Oahu when i was 9 my step father was military but now im 30 and single been blessed enough to plan a trip back, i would love to see Honolulu and Mililani homes😁🤩
Hammah, mayjah, rajah, Yessah, run em hahd…all new pidgin. Within the last 10-15 years. My pidgin is a little older.
I know I’m late but my girls dads pidgin is different like majah and hammah and other things you guys said are like a more millennial style. Like hombug and stuff like that was more old school
Can't make modern pidgin without building on the ol' skoo hanabata days kine pidgin ah 😉
How would u describe (slammed)
What you call one portagee sleeping in da car?
Cardoza
What you call two portagees sleeping in da car?
Mendoza
What you call a portagee on da beach?
Santos
What about the one saw the sign said “Airport Left..”
@@movingtohawaii eh dakine dem coming.Try wait
Close da light
You stay come or you stay go?
Eh no make bra I going show you (shoyu)
Mahaoe eh you
Why bhadda you?
What no can handle?
I understand some, but never use it. I do not want to get the stink eye. Wait, what did I just do?!
You just graduated to the next level 😁
I was born in the Philippines raised in cali and can speak Hawaiian pidgin
I don’t knowwwww about that one my braddah 😆
I moved to the Mainland when I was in Kindergarten. They tried to send me to ESL. hahaha
Haha they thought your pidgin wasn’t English?? Kanani, hit us up let’s connect sometime
They were going to send me to remedial English in college.
Interesting
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Preteeku cuz
U def can tell wea sum1 is frm once dey opn dea 👄
Get all kine diff dialeks wen it comz 2 pijin 🥸
Town gng b way diff frm da wesyd soutsyd n nortsyd
Speek it eryday n dasy we c it growin again inda aina 💯
Its esp gud wen u can use in ur relijin 👊🏽
Awsum my brada 💪🏾
Mahaloz 🤙🏽
I go stay go Hawaii.
If you can get Kauai kine u good
Bumbai. Still practicing
Rajah and rajah dat came from all the guys that talk CB. Yessah, blessah, mayjah, is still kinda new pidgin. Within the last 10-15 years.
Radj-JAH!!
Im from the south with a memphis/arkansas accent and we don't use hard Rs on any words lmao. In fact there are a ton of similarities.
I'm from New England, so i feel ya. "Can't get theyah from heyah." "Pahk the cah".
Garanz ball bearings!
The one word a local would say that I have found (and still find) most distinctive and fascinating and attractive is “imporTanT.” I don’t know why it strikes me that way. 🥰
Respect the T’s!
😂🤣
@@movingtohawaii : Respecting the "T's" is imporTanT 😁😁😁
People here in Vegas no understand the way we talk so we gotta talk haole English they look at us like we came from another planet cause our broken english get mix up with their good English😱🤣
In Detroit, someone who is strong/solid would be Gangsta or Beast. But I hammah.
Raja dat, you hammah
In da ‘70s hammahs was short 4 hammajang.....
Ehhh I could see that. Add one “s” and abbreviate ‘em
local da kine grine, eh, you wan go beach o you wan go movie. shoots brah. air force haoley haoley, back in 2005. miss aloha fridays. no work till monday
🤣
Eh
Jus bai sumting
anytiiiing!
Cos less fo liiiiv!
No wurri,
No ack!
Yu go sell um laydah!
🤣
It's just an island ( generation) thing 4 mulah, I not for sure
Go! Go, go, go, go, go! Say the Auntys
Auntay and unko means dey dunno yo name
Afta all tat I got ta go grind some Ono brah.
Core team Hawaii is majah
Garanz babaranz 🤙🏼🤣😂
Guarantee!!
Also i can't find your socials... should add them to your videos so you are easier to find
new subscriber, just now.
Mahalo!
In Philly, we use Jawn instead of dakine. Same same
Mahalo for sharing
When somebody messes up u say “sehhh ufa” lol just joke
We could easily make a video entirely on pidgin/local fight-words lol
It’s Hoi
Automatic systematic..tune your channel to your vi-ibes..doowap do do wap
Eh no be shai
Jus bai um
Yu no laik peh rent ah Yu
Yu laik peh taosen ayt
O Yu laik onlee peh taosen wun
An den evun mo betta
da ting yawes
Luk,
No need evun fix nuhting!
Brah, jus moooov rite in
😁😂
Ewa Beach
blk people do that also, with uncle, auntie, etc
Something like Singlish. 🤔
Lye,dat, ova dae’a pe’lau’ u like beef’ U’lolo’ my Japanese friends I call them Budah head’ y Philipino friends, busing’ pahday just some of names” mahalos
Guilty! I pay too much respect to the 't' and not enough respect to the 'r'
Brah what’s your angle? You act like your explaining pidgin but den you try sell real estate. I don’t get the connection. Your use of pidgin is off. Wea you from?
On Guam we call slippah- zories
Par, you rock Zorie Presu!? Lanya don’t lie dude.
@@movingtohawaii
Derek, u know it. So u know, the Moylans originally r from the Kaimuki-Kahala area (pre-post WWII era). My dad grew up there around the time your dad lived on the island. My tutu is Don Ho’s blood aunt so my dad is Don Ho’s 1st cuz. We’re related to Chinn Ho- Hawaii’s Rockefeller.
After WWII my grandfather moved the family to Guam from Oahu to stake his claim on Guam. Grandparents opened Guam’s first Volkswagen, Mercedes, Porsche, Chrysler car dealerships. made his fortune there. We can talk story about real estate.
@@stevenmoylan166 wow amazing. Thanks for sharing.
@@movingtohawaii
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Ho Hawaiian nice
but it can make u bilingual, so if can can///
need answer? they hire meh with a tribal chin tattoo? I'd love to get into the bizz!! on the mainland now be back home Hawaii Oahu after 20 years i would love to link and know process oh i have a BA in BIZZ
Hou deese guys-is Asian hawine sounding all kine da kine kine so hammah deese buggahs. You guys never mention da aku eye! Hah?! Getchu stink eye Caz no be ni'ele k Caz 😅 Aloha nui o maui nui nui
If no can, bottles
Good one! What? Green bottles?
Dakine=Smurf🤪
You guys forget ahh bum pai bum pai haha
We going make one nodda pidgin real estate video…BUMBAI! Haha
Brudda u sound like ur embarrassed about our pidgeon languge smh it hawaii legal language
Eh how bout RAHJAHDAT...
YOU KNOW DAT
As a native Hawaiian this video is annoying ‼️
@@tay4950 k. Thanks for commenting. Mahalo.
The ignorant and the ignorunter!
@@Jazzfestn 🙋♂️