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Examples

  • Sitting here at Starbucks, three different ladies have come through in the last ten minuteswho were hapai hah-pie – they were expecting, and I mean any minute now!

    Don’t drink the water on Maui 2007

  • Sitting here at Starbucks, three different ladies have come through in the last ten minuteswho were hapai hah-pie – they were expecting, and I mean any minute now!

    Somehow, Mom waited 2007

  • Ma ia hope iho hapai hou o Malaekahana, a hanau hou mai la he kaikamahine, o keia nae ke kaikamahine oi aku o ka maikai mamua o kela kaikamahine mua, manao iho la e ola la hoi, aole ka!

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia ianei e nahunahu ana, hele aku la keia imua o ke Kahuna, me ka olelo aku, "I hele mai nei au ma ke kauoha a ke Kahuna, no ka mea, ke hoomaka mai nei ka nahunahu hanau keiki ana; nolaila, ano oe e nana mai oe i kuu keiki e hapai nei."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia manawa, hapai mai la o Kihanuilulumoku i kona huelo mailoko ae o ka moana, pii ke kai iluna, me he poi ana a ka nalu i ke kumu pali, me he akuku nalu la i poi iloko o ka malama o Kaulua, pii ke ehu o ke kai iluna, pouli ka la, ku ka punakea iuka.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Alaila, hapai ae la ia i wahi olelo ma ke mele penei:

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Alaila, olelo mai ke Kahuna ia Malaekahana, "O hoi, a kokoke i ko la hanau, alaila, hele mai oe i o'u nei, i nana aku au i keia hapai ana."

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia manawa a kona kaikuahine muli loa e hapai ana i keia leo kaukau imua

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Ia manawa, hapai ae la o Hinaikamalama he wahi mele:

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

  • Mahope mai, ua hapai wale no o Malaekahana, he mau kaikamahine wale no, aole nae i ola iki kekahi oia mau hanau ana o Malaekahana, ua pau wale no i ka pepehiia e like me ka olelo paa a ke alii.

    The Hawaiian Romance Of Laieikawai Martha Warren Beckwith 1915

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