Today we went briefly over what to say to greet one person or more than one person:
Aloha! (general greeting)
Aloha kaua! (greetings to you - between two people)
Aloha kakou! (greetings to you all - from one person to a group)
We also touched on the words for specific times of day:
kakahiaka - morning (6 a.m. to 10 a.m.)
awakea - late morning/noon/past noon (10 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
auinala - afternoon (2 p.m. to 6 p.m.)
ahiahi - evening (6 p.m. to 10 p.m.)
So greetings that specify the time might look like this:
Aloha kakahiaka kaua! (Good morning to you!)
Aloha awakea kakou! (Good day to you all!)
And here's what you can say when you leave:
A hui hou (until we meet again). The "a" has a kahako above it, which lengthens the vowel - I just haven't figured out how to type it in here!
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