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Common diphthongs in Hawaiian phrasebook
Common diphthongs in Hawaiian phrasebook
Diphthongs in Hawaiian can be tricky. You must make sure that there is not a glottal stop between the vowels - if there is, you do not blend the vowels, but instead insert a pause between them. If there is no glottal stop, however, just blend the vowels together in most cases.
aa, ee, ii, oo, and uu are not pronounced differently than their single forms. "aa" is pronounced the same as "a".
ae is pronounced like the English "I".
ai is pronounced by saying "Eye-ee".
ao is pronounced "Ah-oh".
au is pronounced like the English "ow" - like what you say when you're hurt.
ea is pronounced "Ey-ah".
ei is pronounced "Ey-ee".
eo is pronounced "Ey-oh".
ia is pronounced "Ee-ah", but you can get away with saying "Ya".
ie is pronounced "Ee-ey", but you can get away with saying "Yay".
io is pronounced "Ee-oh", but you can get away with saying "Yo".
oa is pronounced "Oh-ah".
oe is pronounced "Oh-ey".
oi is pronounced "Oh-ee".
ou is pronounced "Oh-oo".
ua is pronounced "Oo-ah".
ue is pronounced "Oo-ey", but you can also say the word "way" and you'll be pretty close.
ui is pronounced "Oo-ee".
uo is pronounced "Oo-oh", but you can also say the word "whoa" and you'll be pretty close.
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