2. A ANOʻ ʻ
• As a reminder, a ano areʻ ʻ
stative verbs. As the name
implies, stative verbs refer
to a state or condition of a
person or an object.
Examples include traits,
feelings, conditions, colors,
etc.
3. PATTERN
• When using a ano, the ami preceding theʻ ʻ ʻ
object will always be i or i .ā
A anoʻ ʻ + Subject +I/IĀ + Object
With this pattern, i/i can be translated as by,ā
because of, with, from, makes, causes, etc.
4. A anoʻ ʻ + Subject + I/IĀ + Object
• English: The rain made my hair wet.
• Hawaiian Thinking: My hair is wet by the rain.
– A ano: wetʻ ʻ
– Subject (who/what is wet?) = my hair
– Object (what caused its wetness?) = the rain
• Translation: Ua pulu + ko u lauoho + i ka ua.ʻ
• *Remember to look at the root of the sentence first “Pulu ko uʻ
lauoho,” which means “My hair is wet.” With this type of
sentence, you can translate “i/i ” as “by, from, because of,ā
etc.”
• *If you translated the sentence “Ua pulu ka ua i ko u lauoho,”ʻ
then the translation would be “My hair made the rain wet” or
“The rain is wet because of my hair.”
5. A anoʻ ʻ + Subject + I/IĀ + Object
English: Exercise is making Kau i skinny.ʻ
Hawaiian Thinking: Kau i is becoming skinnyʻ
because of exercise.
A ano: skinnyʻ ʻ
Subject (who is skinny?): Kau iʻ
Object (what caused his skinniness?): exercise
Translation: Ke w w nei o Kau i i ka ho oikaikaī ī ʻ ʻ ʻ
kino.
6. A anoʻ ʻ + Subject + I/IĀ + Object
• English: I cut my hand on the knife.
• Hawaiian: My hand got cut by the knife.
– A ano: cutʻ ʻ
–Subject (what got cut): my hand
–Object (what caused my hand to be cut?):
the knife
• Translation: Ua moku ko u lima i ka pahi.ʻ
7. IMPORTANT POINTS TO
REMEMBER
• Note that the same rules/contractions apply to
i/i as they do in other sentences:ā
–I - used for ka i + meme aʻ ʻ
–I – used for i oa and papani with theā ʻ
following noted contractions:
• I + AU = IA UĀ ʻ
• I + O IA = I IAĀ ʻ Ā
8. A anoʻ ʻ + Subject + I/IĀ + Object
Example of use with papani:
English: He makes me angry.
Hawaiian thinking: I am angry by/from him.
A ano: angryʻ ʻ
Subject (who is angry?): I
Object (what caused my anger?): him
Translation: Huh wau i ia.ū ā
9. A anoʻ ʻ + Subject + I/IĀ + Object
• Example of use with i oa:ʻ
• English: Elmo made that (f) child happy.
• Hawaiian: That (f) child is happy because of
Elmo.
– A ano: happyʻ ʻ
– Subject (who is happy?): that (f) child
– Object (what caused that (f) child’s happiness?):
Elmo
• Translation: Hau oli k l keiki i Elmo.ʻ ē ā ā
