Learning the Hawaiian Language: Ka Hale ʻAina Palani ʻo De Admiraal ma Huis Ten Bosch

Aloha mai nō kākou e nā makamaka heluhelu a me koʻu mau hoaaloha! Pehea mai nei ʻoukou i kēia lā?

I koʻu hele ʻana aku e nānā i ka Hoʻolauleʻa Pōpōhau o Huis Ten Bosch i nehinei, ua ʻai au ma kaʻu hale ʻaina punahele ʻo De Admiraal ma laila. Loaʻa kēia hale ʻaina palani i loko o ka hōkele pipiʻi a hoʻohiluhilu loa ma Huis Ten Bosch ʻo ka Hōkele ʻEulopa. Nani ʻo loko o ka Hōkele ʻEulopa a poʻokela ka lewalewa o nā limahana a pau. No laila, makemake nā mea mākaʻikaʻi i Huis Ten Bosch e komo i loko o ka hōkele e paʻi kiʻi. Makaʻala! ʻAʻole manuahi ke komo ʻana i loko o ua hōkele nei i kēia manawa. Pono e uku hoʻokahi kaukani kālā Kepanī nō inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻopaʻa i ka lumi hōkele no ka pō a i ʻole inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hoʻopaʻa i ke pākaukau no ka ʻaina ma laila. Ma muli o kēlā kumu, mālie nā wahi a pau i loko o ka hōkele.

Ua kau aʻe au ma luna o ka moku alawai no ka hele mai ka puka komo o Huis Ten Bosch a hiki i ka wahi kokoke i ka Hōkele ʻEulopa. ʻAno like nā alawai o Huis Ten Bosch me nā alawai o ʻAmekekama. He ʻumi minuke paha ka lōʻihi o ka holo ʻana ma ka moku alawai mai ka puka komo a hiki i ka Hōkele ʻEulopa. Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā hale ma ke ʻano o ke kaila hale o ka poʻe Hōlani ma ka moku alawai. Ua hoihoi nō!

Ua hele aku au i Huis Ten Bosch i nehinei e nānā ka Hoʻolauleʻa Pōpōhau a ma mua o ke komo ʻana i ka hale ʻaina Palani, ua nānā au i nā pōpōhau kokoke i ka Hōkele ʻEulopa no kanakolu minuke. Ma hope iho, ua hele au a pōloli. Ua komo koke au i ka hale ʻaina. He hale ʻaina Palani pipiʻi a hoʻohiluhilu ʻo De Admiraal. ʻOno ka meaʻai a pau ma laila. He manaʻo hoihoi koʻu i kēia manawa. E hoʻāʻo ana au e hele i ia hale ʻaina i hoʻokahi manawa i nā mahina a pau o kēia makahiki. Ua hele au i Mei a i Iune, no laila, pono au e hoʻopaʻa i ke pākaukau no kēia mahina aʻe.