ʻO ka hola ʻehia kēia?
What time is it?
 lit, this is what hour?

HOUR

HALF HOUR

3:00
ka hola ʻekolu

It's 3:00 in the morning / It's 3am.
lit, this is the third hour of the morning
ʻO ka hola ʻekolu kēia o ka wanaʻao.

I woke at 3am.
Ua ala au i ka hola ʻekolu o ka wanaʻao.

10:30
ka hapalua hola ʻumi

It's 10:30 in the morning / It's 10:30am.
lit, this is half (of the) tenth hour of the morning
ʻO ka hapalua hola ʻumi kēia o ke kakahiaka.

Class starts at 10:30.
Hoʻomaka ka papa i ka hapalua hola ʻumi.

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QUARTER HOUR & OTHER TIMES

12:15

2:45

ELEMENTARY HAW 101	ka hola 12 me 15 minuke (literally, the 12th hour with 15 minutes)
ELEMENTARY HAW 102	ka 15 minuke ma hope o ka hola 12 (literally, 15 minutes after the 12th hour)
ADVANCED HAW 300+	ka hapahā i hala ka hola 12 (literally, quarter past the 12th hour)

ELEMENTARY HAW 101	ka hola 2 me 45 minuke (literally, the 2nd hour with 45 minutes)
ELEMENTARY HAW 102	ka 45 minuke ma mua o ka hola 3 (literally, 45 minutes before the 3rd hour)
ADVANCED HAW 300+	ka hapahā i koe kani ka hola 3 (literally, quarter remaining until the third hour)

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Ma Waiheʻe, i ka Poʻahā lā 2, hora 3 me 50 minute, ua ʻike ko laila poʻe i ka hoʻonaueueʻia ʻana o ka honua
In Waiheʻe, on Thursday the 2nd, at 3:50, the residents felt the quaking of the earth
(KE KUOKOA, HONOLULU, APERILA 4, 1868)

ke ao / ka pō

wanaʻao.
kakahiaka.
awakea.
ʻauinala.
ahiahi.
pō.
aumoe.

3am-6am; dawn
6am-11am; morning
11am-1pm; noon
2pm-5pm; afternoon
5pm-7pm; evening
7pm-11pm; night
11pm-2am; midnight

*the ʻami o is used before these time periods = ka hola ʻumikūmālua o ke awakea

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NĀ HAʻAWINA KAULELE supplemental resources

Nā Kai ʻEwalu

• Mokuna ʻUmikūmālua: Pahuhopu 3
  

*NKE can be purchased at Hale Kuamoʻo.