KC3 Native Hawaiian Life: Hawaiian Language

     Native Hawaiian life has changed ever since the first foreigners (Americans) came to Hawaii. They changed their religion and their music.  The Native Hawaiian population is now decreasing, and the Americans (westerners) have changed the rules of speaking Hawaiian in the islands.  Never thought anyone could change this marvelous paradise into a paradise that is now lost. Hawaiian language was once the dominant language of the island until the westerners came and changes their culture.

     Olelo Hawai'i means Hawaiian Language. There are 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, & u) and 8 consonents. With only 13 letters in the Hawaiian Alphabet, the language should not be that hard to learn. With a simple language to learn, all Hawaiians should learn how to speak and write their cultural language. As of now there are 30,000 Hawaiian speakers.  Not only in Hawaii, but also in the mainland, Japan, and  Canada. No, there are not only Hawaiians in Hawaii, but all around the world. Hopefully, there will be more Hawaiian speakers in the future! With the language being pretty simple to learn and 30,000 hawaiian speakers today, more hawaiians should start learning how to speak and write the Hawaiian Language. 

     Hawaiian Language was a daily oral communication in Hawaii back then. When the missionaries (westerners) came, they started to try and print the language on books. The Hawaiians didn't know how to read, and they must've gotten confused on what the missionaries were trying to do. The Hawaiians couldn't understand very much english either. Schools were being built and the westerners made english the primary language and Hawaiian their secondary language; they couldn't speak Hawaiian in school, because it was banned. First the westerners took away the Hawaiian's land, and now they're taking away their language?! What an OUTRAGE. With the missionaries coming and making schools, they should've let the Hawaiians speak both english and hawaiian, for it was THEIR LAND and THEIR CULTURAL LANGUAGE. 

     Even though there were struggles in the past, the language is being revived. There are schools that provide classes that teach Hawaiiana, such as Kamehameha schools (with 6 levels of intensity) and many other Public and Private Schools on the island of Oahu. By keeping this language alive, our generation of Hawaiians will increasing by the thousands. It's nice to know that you have teachers that are trying to keep the hawaiian legacy of teaching, the future generations to come, about their culture and language.  Aha Punana Leo  is a school that teaches the ages 3-5 learn Hawaiian. It's best to start the keiki when they're younger. When they grow older, they'll also be teachers one day to increase the status of Hawaiian Speakers. Hawaiiana is not becoming extinct but a comeback because of all the programs and schools.

     The Native Hawaiians have gone through so much obstacles in being able to keep their language alive in the past that now, we're achieving their goal of increasing the status of Hawaiian Speakers! Even though Hawaiian language was once the dominant language of Hawaii, the westerners came, and forced the Hawaiians to learn English, they changed their culture forever. It is important that we keep Hawaiian Language alive because Hawaiian Culture is always connected to their Language. 

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     Hawaiian life has been changing since the first foreigners came to Hawaii. Native Hawaiians worshiped false gods (Kane, Lono, Ku, and Kanaloa), before the westerners came. There were a group of foreigners called the ABCFM (American Board of Christian Foreign Missions); their goal was to spread the word of God to the Hawaiian people. By doing so, they forced the hawaiians to believe in God and changed their rules. If the hawaiians sinned, and weren't a part of the church, they would surely go to hell. With much of the foreigners coming from the mainland, came diseases; such as pneumonia. Native Hawaiians were dying left and right, decreasing the native hawaiian population. Back then, instruments were made to make music for the hula dancers who danced for their gods. After the foreigners came, they could no longer dance for their gods, but only dance and sing for entertainment. I will now talk about how Hawaiian Language was once the dominant language of the island until the westerners came and change their culture forever. 

     Olelo Hawai'i means Hawaiian Language. There are 5 vowels (a, e, i, o, & u) and 8 consonents. With only 13 letters in the Hawaiian Alphabet, the language should not be that hard to learn. With a simple language to learn, all Hawaiians should learn how to say and write their cultural language. As of now there are 30,000 Hawaiian speakers, not only in Hawaii but also in the mainland, Japan, and also Canada. No, there are not only Hawaiians in Hawaii, but all around the world. Hopefully, there will be more Hawaiian speakers in the future! With the language being pretty simple to learn and 30,000 hawaiian speakers today, more hawaiians should start learning how to speak and write the Hawaiian Language. 

     Hawaiian Language was a daily oral communication in Hawaii back then. When the missionaries (westerners) came, they started to try and print the language on books. The Hawaiians didn't know how to read, and they must've gotten confused on what the missionaries were trying to do. The Hawaiians couldn't understand very much english either. Schools were being built and the westerners made english the primary language and Hawaiian the secondary language; although they couldn't speak Hawaiian in school, it was banned. First the westerners take away the Hawaiian's land, and now they're taking away their language?! What an OUTRAGE. With the missionaries coming and making schools, they should've let the Hawaiians speak both english and hawaiian, for it was THEIR LAND and THEIR CULTURAL LANGUAGE. 

     Even though there was struggles in the past, the language is being revived. There are schools that provide classes that teach Hawaiiana, such as Kamehameha schools (with 6 levels of intensity) and many other Public and Private Schools on the island of Oahu. By keeping this language alive, our generation of Hawaiians will increasing by the thousands. It's nice to know that you have teachers that are trying to keep the hawaiian legacy of teaching, the future generations to come, about their culture and language.  Aha Punana Leo  is a school that teaches the ages 3-5 learn Hawaiian. It's best to start the keiki when they're younger. When they grow older, they'll also be teachers one day to increase the status of Hawaiian Speakers. Hawaiiana is not becoming extinct but a comeback because of all the programs and schools.

     The Native Hawaiians have gone through so much obstacles in being able to keep their language alive in the past that now, we're achieving their goal of increasing the status of Hawaiian Speakers! Even though Hawaiian language was once the dominant language of Hawaii, the westerners came, and forced the Hawaiians to learn English, they changed their culture forever. It is important that we keep Hawaiian Language alive because Hawaiian Culture is always connected to their Language. 

Oceans Of Nothing

     Imagine life without fish. Fishermen won't have a job, father and son fishing days will be over, and we won't be able to eat our most favorite type of sushi. The fish population is decreasing. By the middle of this centry, fishermen will have almost nothing left to catch. More and more fish are dying one by one.  

     Knowing that by the middle of this centry, fishermen will have almost nothing left to catch, meaning that the fishermen will now have to hunt for a new job and no fish for us and prices will increase on fish. According to Stephen Palumbi, a Stanford University marine biologist and co-author of the study published in science, "None of us regular working folk are going to be able to afford seafood, it's going to be too rare and too expensive."Over the past 3 decades, the fish export trade has grown fourfold, to 30 milion tons, and its value has increased $71 billion. It's sad to know that the fish population is decreasing, with that knowledge fishers should be cautious about how much fish they plan to take. About 90% of the ocean's big predators, like cod and tuna, have been fished out of existence, yet the destructive fishing practices have destroyed tuna and cod has not declined. At least 29% of fished species have already collapsed, according to the study, and this trend is accelerating. 

     We, as the consumers of fish, have to be more cautious in knowing how much fish we "need" and discipline ourselves to throw back the un-needed fish so that they will mature and produce. By letting the fish mature and produce, will possibly increase the fish population. If we keep that trend going, there will be more fishermen out at sea, more father and son fishing days, and we would get to eat all the sushi we want! Fish without life is life without fish.