Mokuna 16 Mai / Maiā "From & Pepeke Poʻo Kiʻa

Pahuhopu 1

mai / maiā = ʻami mole means "from"

ʻami kuhi  "a hiki i / iā" = up to

mai / maiā + hunekuhi (indicate direction aku, aʻe, iho, mai)

mai - with memeʻa and iʻoa paku

maiā - with papani and iʻoa kuhane

ʻami mole mai / maiā with "nei"

after iʻoa papani or memeʻa "here-like" = "here"

iʻoa paku - ʻaneʻi

ma Hawaiʻi nei                   here in Hawaiʻi

iā Kimo nei                        to Kimo here

ʻo mākou nei                     we here

me ka hale nei                  along with the house here

ma waho nei                     out here

ma ʻaneʻi nei                     right here

nei + hunekuhi with ʻami mole mai / maiā

mai Hawaiʻi nei aku         from here in Hawaiʻi

maiā kākou nei aku          from us

mai lalo nei aʻe                from down here

Pahuhopu 2

Poke painu (ua hele mai, ke ʻai nei, e wela ana)

Poke kiʻa (ma ka hale, ʻo lāua, me Kimo, i luna)

Like poke painu, poke kiʻa can be used as the poʻo

Pepeke Pʻo Kiʻa Maʻamau

Ma Honokaʻa kona pāpā i kēia manawa.

Ma ka hale au i kēia lā.

Me Nani lāua i nehinei.

I mua kākou i ka lanakila.

Mai ke kula mai ʻoia ma luna o kona kaʻa ʻulaʻula.

Pepeke ʻAike - ʻano pepeke poʻo kiʻa

ʻO Lanaʻi homa mokupuni i kēia manawa. Lanaʻi is her island now.

ʻO koʻu hale kēia mea. This thing is my house.

He lei nani kona lei. Her lei is a pretty lei.

Pepeke Heʻo

He ulu lāʻau nani ma ia wahi. There is a beautiful grove of trees there.

ʻElua mau keiki kāne ma loko o ke kai, There are two boys in the ocean.

ʻAʻohe ake i kēia lā. There isnʻt any liver today.

ʻO ʻoukou ma mua. You should be in the front.

Hōʻole same as Pepeke ʻAike

ʻAʻole + piko + poʻo + ʻawe

ʻAʻole ʻo ia me aʻu i kēia manawa.

Kāhulu Moku with nonoʻa a/o

Ma hope mākou o Nani. (common) / Ma hope o Nani mākou We are behind Nani.