How Are You

Level 1

Pehea ʻoe means “How are you?” Answer with maikaʻi au.

How It Works

Pehea means “how”. Put it before the pronoun to ask how someone is:

QuestionMeaning
Pehea ʻoe?How are you?
Pehea ʻoukou?How are you all?
Pehea ʻolua?How are you two?

Answer with a describing word and a pronoun: Maikaʻi au “I am fine”, Hauʻoli au “I am happy”. To ask the question back, say A ʻo ʻoe? “And you?”.

Examples (5)

  1. Pehea ʻoe?

    How are you?

    Pehea comes first, then the pronoun.

  2. Maikaʻi au, mahalo.

    I am fine, thank you.

    The describing word comes before au.

  3. A ʻo ʻoe?

    And you?

    A means “and”, and ʻo comes before ʻoe here.

  4. Pehea ʻoukou?

    How are you all?

    ʻOukou is for three or more people.

  5. Maikaʻi loa au.

    I am very good.

    Loa follows the describing word.

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