This document provides examples of asking "What is this/that for?" in Hawaiian. It gives common objects like a paddle, scissors, book, seed, bicycle, and tickets and states their purposes, such as paddling a canoe, cutting paper, reading, planting flowers, riding, and entering a movie theater. The purpose is to learn question words and phrases in Hawaiian through relatable everyday examples.

1. I mea aha këia?I mea aha këia?

2. I mea aha këia?I mea aha këia?
 Hoÿohana ÿia këia ÿölelo no ka nïnauHoÿohana ÿia këia ÿölelo no ka nïnau
ÿana iä: What isÿana iä: What is thisthis for?for?
 I mea ahaI mea aha kaÿi memeÿakaÿi memeÿa??
 I mea aha këia pahi?I mea aha këia pahi?
 What is this knife for?What is this knife for?
 I mea aha kënä penikala?I mea aha kënä penikala?
 What is that (near pencil for)What is that (near pencil for)

3. no ka pane ÿana . . .no ka pane ÿana . . .
 I meaI mea hamanihamani (kaÿi memeÿa) i(kaÿi memeÿa) i objectobject
(kaÿi memeÿa)(kaÿi memeÿa)
 I mea aha këia pahi?I mea aha këia pahi?
 I mea ÿoki (këia pahi) i ka iÿa.I mea ÿoki (këia pahi) i ka iÿa.
 I mea aha kënä penikala?I mea aha kënä penikala?
 I mea käkau (kënä penikala) i kaÿuI mea käkau (kënä penikala) i kaÿu
haÿawina.haÿawina.

4. E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!
 What is the paddle for?What is the paddle for?
 It’s for paddling a canoe!It’s for paddling a canoe!

5. E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!
 What is the scissors for?What is the scissors for?
 It’s for cutting paper!It’s for cutting paper!

6. E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!
 What is a book for?What is a book for?
 It’s for reading during lunch!It’s for reading during lunch!

7. E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!
 What is a seed for?What is a seed for?
 It’s to plant flowers?It’s to plant flowers?

8. E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!
 What’s the bicycle for?What’s the bicycle for?
 It’s for riding!It’s for riding!

9. E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!E hoÿomaÿamaÿa käkou!
 What are the tickets for?What are the tickets for?
 It’s for entering the movieIt’s for entering the movie
theater!theater!

10. I mea aha ke kai?I mea aha ke kai?
E heluhelu käkou!E heluhelu käkou!

11. Käu haÿawinaKäu haÿawina
 E hana ÿoe i pukeE hana ÿoe i puke
 E loaÿa he 5-6 mau mea ÿokoÿa, akäE loaÿa he 5-6 mau mea ÿokoÿa, akä
e pili nö ia mau mea ma kekahi ÿanoe pili nö ia mau mea ma kekahi ÿano
 5-6 hamani ÿokoÿa5-6 hamani ÿokoÿa
 5-6 kiÿi kala5-6 kiÿi kala
 ÿaoÿao poÿoinoaÿaoÿao poÿoinoa
 E nänä i ka laÿanaE nänä i ka laÿana