Hawaiian Pidgin 101: Ethnicities

[@happymeltedcity]

"Samoans don't like Micronesians because they are Macronesians." Almost lost my shit.

[@blueearth5000]

🤣😂

[@HanaKotoba21]

There's something incredibly calming about his voice and Hawaiian pidgin.

[@joshapple6905]

Pidgin is a carefree language.

[@namastezen3300]

One of my favorite memories of Hawaii is getting pulled over by the police and the lilt of the officer's tone when he asked "this your van?" Aloha

[@vcsc4961]

I was stationed on Oahu from 1985-1988. Loved the locals and respected them and their history. Tried pakalolo once but huli-huli chicken many times! Loved your video. Mahalo!

[@flyingchairproductions3893]

Hey Andy, my family wen move to Oahu in ‘66 an enroll me to Washington intermediate where I get lessons in pidgin, crack seed, and lunch- “You like beef?” I say “ We’ll I guess so”. Da bugah wen laugh and became my friend. Love Hawaii!

[@dhyansandhya5722]

Enjoying local talk. My 5 yr old hapa haole nephew came home one day many years ago and said to his haole auntie (me),.... look what I can say. He then spoke in Pidgin to me very proudly. I grinned and said can you teach me.....he looked up and said NO! Next I asked him how am I going to learn Pidgin.....at which point he said you have to listen. End of conversation. Mahalo so we can listen and learn for those of us who love Hawaii.

[@raeannuria5691]

I grew up listening to my mom’s side of the family speak Pidgin! They’ve all passed now but it’s so refreshing to hear it spoken again! Thank You so much for sharing this! Mahalo Nui!

[@lostsoldier212]

I'm Borinqua from NYC, but we live here on Oahu now...fun video. I was very excited to be shown a few years back that my people came here. I love this island and the people here...much respect fam.

[@cre808ive]

I have lived here for 53 years just learned something new. Thank you

[@ChrisClark_808]

Hahah!! No make fun da Samoans. Get big kine lickins

[@jesuspi3ce]

Cheeeee

[@arturomansour-hull930]

Same thing is true in California, Washington and Alaska.

[@michaelalexander5930]

Chris Clark 😂😂😂😝

[@steveakawamura7135]

Thank you so much, AndyHana Hou, Andy!!! From Steve, a Japanese local boy living in LA, but on home leave from Brazil, where I been serving 22 years, living and speaking the real portagee!!

[@helmo1954]

What about the podagee??!!!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Helmo Carvalho Watch tomorrows video. I address that. Mahalo for watching and spreading da word.

[@keithslatoff5731]

Yeah Portagee...lol...where's my dolla? Dat's one shame brah....lmfao

[@malcolmorrall8338]

Mahalo Andy! Maika’i no i keia! Appreciate the local haole shout out, from one haole who has much aloha for da reverence of da Ha! ✨🐬✨!

[@The_SegaHolic]

LMAO... this is Andy Bumatai.... a COMDIAN. This is comedy folks. Some here is taking this seriously. He's speaking truths, but it's done with comedy in mind.

[@JohnDoe-yoyoyo]

LMAO .... I was laughing at the 2:25 mark well before I read your comment about Andy Bumatai. .. OMG, "so no mix up haoles and local haoles because they kinda look the same". Damn funny :)

[@joshapple6905]

@@JohnDoe-yoyoyo "Nobody tease Samoan, and they no mo nickname. Nah bra-Samoan, they call them Solee! But you gotta be cearful cuz these braddahs is big!" Lol..Im Polynesian (Quarter Samoan and Tongan ) and I laugh at this.

[@fedexairbus]

Lol. Germany is where they make the haole. That's just awesome.

[@THESIXTHEGG]

Germany and Texas lmao.

[@jasonhall947]

I lived on Oahu for several years as a younger man. I glad I stumbled across your videos.

[@eveRide]

Bro this series is epic!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+eveRide ADV Thanks Brother. ...and I'm finally doing a few numbers. Who says you can't go back home. : )

[@gatheringleaves]

Don't you mean "tanks brudda"?!

[@krietor]

@@gatheringleaves i think so I wood say, "tanks Eh! , Brah." Widda emphasize on da "Eh!" You know. Aldóugh,

[@msfibs]

I loved this video! I thought of my late auntie who was born in Oahu and listening to her song-song cadence and pidgin would fill me with happiness. She would come to NYC right off the plane to my 'hood in a muumuu, a cigarette dangling from her fingers. She was so kind.

[@Queen_Coda]

I grew up in Hawaii, but I lost my accent when I moved to the USA. Thank you for these videos my friend, I hope to get my accent back and relive my childhood life

[@darbylipoprice277]

wonderful sharing of local humor, ethnicities, and pidgin!

[@jordikeoni]

Wow, I never knew you had one Pidgin series on KZbin! You went crack me up! I going share your channel with all my kama'aina friends & 'ohana in Hawai'i and on the mainland. Keep up the good work! I still remember you from back in the day...good times...a lot of good laughs.

[@afmdaa8082]

so haloe XD jk jk

[@albdamned577]

I grew up dealing with the word Haole, it was an interesting experience when I moved to Maryland, in a county where African Americans made up the majority of the population. He's right about how most people with treat you as local as soon as you start speaking. LOL he is also right about getting into scraps, I remember quite a few until I shot up like a been stalk. I remember my mom (who was military) getting bad service where ever she would go, to the point where I would do all the talking at restaurant, shops, etc. There's a small percentage of people that don't make the distinction and it is sad.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

K den... That's was a fun clip, I'd talk local for my parents back in the 80s and they'd cock their heads.... Who dis tokkin da kine?

[@namastezen3300]

Mahalo, for giving us the straight scoop, Andy. Aloha

[@JarmanInternational]

Thank you! I always try to explain about local haole. You made me feel happy about getting the lickins at Aiea Intermediate :)

[@32braveheart]

Took mine at Moanalua Intermediate and H.S.

[@maxrasboldgabbard]

Mahalo for the great vid, from an afakasi Samoan with German ancestors 🤙

[@erictoniaschwab1009]

Andy, I’ve been listening and watching you since School Daze and All in Da Ohana. I rarely get to talk and listen to pidgin these days living in Arizona. Hawaii (Hilo and Waipahu in particular) will always be my roots.

[@sungku5116]

Ho Bradah you for the Korean! Lol So funny and in depth enough to take it seriously at the same time. Subscribed. Lol

[@LeiMomiToo]

Nice to see you on here! Have always enjoyed your routines from way back in the early 80s from when I lived in Hawaii... and these are just as good if not better. Mahalo and Aloha!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+JT eDesigns Mahalo nui and thank you for helping spread da word. : )

[@freespirit5767]

love Andy and this series of Hawaiian Pidgin

[@Finnoctane]

Such an entertaining way to learn about Hawaii :D Loving it Andy!

[@trudiekp1725]

Andrew! Glad to see you. I remember sitting next to you in band at Waianae. Mr Tamanaha needed French horn players, so I moved sections. Your sister, Ramona, and I were good friends.

[@richardrouse5460]

I grew up with you Andy back in the 70s. Love surfing and I'm a black guy lol. Skateboarded with Jerry Lopez at infinites, Mililani town. Love you bra!

[@leewardstyle]

Ho, dis guy right here. Making me buss-out laugh my whole life. Much mahalo, cousin Andy.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

This was a great flashback for me, thank you, what about slippahs? You doing any podcasts? They used to play your clips on 98 Rock back in the early 80s

[@joshapple6905]

I was originally from Hawaii. Even though I moved to Texas after a few years in California, I'm still a local boy at heart. I didn't realize there was a course for learning Pidgin. I'm also interested in learning more words; because some pidgin, I don't even know. So thanks bra!! We'll done.

[@hawaiigecko1]

Andy, Awesome pidgin series. Brings back childhood memories growing up here. How a pidgin "Siri" (ex. Kimo) or GPS pidgin language add-in for the Garmin? Tanks for making the day mo' bettah!

[@nruss9912]

"Did I hear caca" 😂😂😂

[@isaknoneofyou4789]

Truly truly awesome it's it's great to hear a language finally that many others can learn to speak besides plain old English. And this guy gives us the history and the linguistics of it all totally awesome

[@theatk]

Andy, going back through these I think what I like best is how you do them all in one take. I know a lot of youtubers do the quick cuts to keep people's attention but... you can burn out on that. Anyway, keep making these videos you buggah. I know this one is old but I'm still going back through em

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Thomas Kirwan Mahalo for noticing the 'no cuts" thing I'm doing. ...and, yeah, the quick cut thing gets to me after a while too.

[@shadetreesurgeon]

This wa so awesome to watch! I gotta say my friend, i'm LOVING this pigdin series. Really opening up my eyes to a language and culture I had almost no clue about besides the general stereotypes you see for Hawaiians in movies and such.

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+shadetree surgeon Thank you Brother. Yeah, that Brady Bunch image is a rough one. You know from some of my previous video that I have been searching for a groove and this Pidgin thing just might be it. It is what I did early in my comedy career here in Hawai‘i and it is me returning to my roots. Plus, I would like to see the national networks who have been ripping my ideas try an lift this one. Good luck. Have you noticed how my views have jumped? I think I will be doing this for a while. I miss the bike vids but these are fun and relatively easy to shoot. Thanks again Bro.

[@shadetreesurgeon]

Oh I totally noticed a HUGE jump in views..... I love the bike stuff as well but I tune in specifically for your personality no matter what you're doing. Looking forward to where this goes :)

[@wavfx8223]

I was dying watching this! Never lost your grove bradda! Still gettem ah. Remember Andy B vs frank D 😆

[@levimanners9489]

krackin me up man! Mahalo Andy.

[@lesliekendall5668]

I thought haole meant that they'd hold their breath cuz the Europeans rarely bathed.

[@luckyluch808]

We moved here 8 months ago. I love your videos!!

[@benbalanay7253]

Andy, tanks fo publishing dis Pidgin 101. Oni good fo all. I been away from home long time but wonder if the kids nowadays talk like us. Anyway, mahalo brah!

[@SoloPilot6]

This is the video that made me subscribe!

[@dkraven1999]

I'm all caught up on the FB lessons, so reviewing the ones now on KZbin. Thanks for all the parsing! One thing I don't understand, though: I get the "Ha" and the "A'ole" in Haole, but what about the prefix? Is "Dam" some kind of honorific or something, 'cause that's the only way I ever heard it used when locals were talking to me! ;-D

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Dk Raven Too funny Brah. Sorry but I don't know the answer. You're question is on too high a linguistic level. : ) Mahalo for da comment.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

Dam haole? It was always fucking haole, often followed by a lickin from a local

[@nursecima81]

I am very grateful for your videos I am learning so much, and I live here. I love the people and the richness of the spirit of Hawai'i. Moka dai, which in the roots of m tribe in North Africa, means Thank you.

[@patriciaguterez8002]

thank you so much for this.

[@QRSTUVe]

Aloha! What is the explanation (translation) of Popolo?

[@AndyBumataiShow]

Early Hawaiians called people popolo when their skin color was close to the color of the popolo berry.

[@QRSTUVe]

@@AndyBumataiShow Mahalo nui loa!

[@vaquerodeluxeje]

Fun videos. I'm going to be living and working in Hawaii soon. My first visit. I hope most of the folks there have a sense of humor like you, Andy.

[@donnadara1537]

Braddah I love this video was killah dis one I going wait for the next one ok mahalo

[@frankdamato1]

Hey hey! thank you brother - loved this :)

[@peterwuwei3297]

You 'da man' Andy. Love the pidgin lessons and miss hearing it since we moved back to the mainland. Pake part is right on.

[@moe5541]

Black person ( Haitian-American not African American ) here. If you go to Haiti you'll find Black people who surf. The sport is actually becoming popular there.

[@Lavadx]

Love you braddah Andy...

[@Alcadias0]

Aye as a white dude who raised on island in Waipahu area it nice to here that at least someone out there recognize local Hoales

[@stonkodactyl9210]

“Germany is where dey MAKE da haoles.” lol

[@caroltakahashi6421]

One year later and I’m still laughing. 😂😂😂

[@ctforever8084]

I love you so much!!!! Mahalo NUI my braddah!

[@RaymondRAYCE]

Going for NYE and first week of January. Needed this high quality education

[@sandimontoya8536]

You are so much fun!😂😂 Thank you for the lesson

[@miketelecomguy]

Dude love your stuff keep it up

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Michael Towell I'l do my best. Mahalo for watching and spreading da word.

[@sickofzion]

what about the tooling around part?

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+sickofzion I'll be doing a video about that but in short: My TV show Toolin' Around, judging by a pre launch blurb, is about to be copied by AMC and if it is anything like my show it will kill Toolin' Around the same way my other show In The Car was killed by what Jerry Seinfeld is doing (which came after mine) So I have to think of something new and I've deciding to return to my roots.

[@irishkitty7257]

Your hilarious, love your channel

[@wahiawabound808]

braddah andy is one legend he still get action ha ha ha ha.

[@BubbaGooder]

Ho Brah, das fun bra! I one lived in Maui and Oahu, for 7 years. Miss so much, shoots, need to git back der soon ladat

[@ahinalu1]

I sure missed these videos. You one funny bugga bra! You still part of the OG Hawaii funny guys. . . De Lima, Rap, and Bu La'ia. I hope you're doing good after the health scare last year.

[@MicheleDear]

Mahalo Andy!!! I wen move Portland 30 years ago, and wen I seen yo face, I was so happy, yeah? I stay hapa-haole, too, but I never learn about da origins of da names, yeah? So, MAHALO for educating us!!!

[@amberfrazier575]

Make more please! I enjoyed!

[@liveagrofacetoface1644]

Great lesson. Mahalo. From bze.

[@sarabrinton740]

I LOVE these videos!!!! I'm runnin' 'round up here in Delaware (yeah, I know, Dela?Where) speakin' pidgin' to everyone just to try it out. People lookin' at me like i have 3 heads! GREAT STUFF! MAHALO!

[@flyonthe1stwall]

That was ridiculously funny. As an aging white dude that originated from The Islands, that was friggin’ amazing. And yes, I got dirty lickins’ growing up ...but this haole could deliver as well. Make more videos, I think you are worth watching.

[@PunKinPai]

Nearly spit out my coffee with "Macronesian."

[@dayc801]

Same

[@LorraineKaai-zp8jm]

Hi , andy i crack up laughing hearing you speak broken ebglish never did hear that for a long time i moved to the mainland from back home in 2005

[@minitstop]

lol. Germany is where they make da haoles! Hey andy, what is the timepice that you're wearing?

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+minitstop It is a Seiko. I had it for over 10 years. I had a Rolex that I bought over twenty years ago that I bought for about 1000 bucks. I was on a national TV shoot and the prop master lost it. So the film company gave me a check for 3500 the cost of a new Oyster Perpetual. I was broke at the time so I bought the cheap (about 300) Seiko copy and used the rest to survive. I never thought it would last this long and I have put it through the war. K-den.

[@minitstop]

+Andy Bumatai - Toolin' Around Awwe bummer about the Rolex! Can't go wrong with a Seiko, though. They are severely underrated watches. I have a few and I just love them! Watches are my Jam! Aloha aauuriiite.

[@kawika219]

Awesome videos Andy!!! Maybe you can do segments called "Pidgin with Uncle Andy," go try'um, go try'um go! Keep up the good work Uncle Andy! Keeps me grounded to my local roots even though I'm in Oregon now!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Kawika's Playground Mahalo for da suggestion and comment. If can, please help spread da word in Oregon. I hear get choke locals dea. K-den.

[@artistamisto]

Wow Andy I've been watching your funny TV specials since '79 and I never know your mom was Haoli. All makes sense now. BTW I was local Haoli living there since late 60s first house was in brand new Palisades. My Fadah worked for Primo. I been living on the mainland since 2000. Miss a lot about old Hawaii very much but that's another story! Mahalo and take care.

[@Branzo29]

"They wonder why they get cracks!" Chee~

[@showsomealoha2247]

Love you Andy!

[@benprohm]

Futless! Dats a blass from da pass.

[@tajuhau9872]

yo' I remember Andy Bumatai from the 80s... he's still so funny!!😆🤣

[@jeffglanstein4489]

Samoan, that was an unbelievable, fantastic depiction of the translation for Samoan. Very, very local humor. Only the real locals can catch on.

[@monkey0550ify]

Nevah get old 2019 into 20 who's with me

[@KeilaniMahi]

Soo funeeee haha. My Mom grew up Maui in the 1940s and she has sayings, rhymes, songs, about all the different ethnic groups. She used a different term for the Phillipinos tho. She said no one got mad - just laughed and thought it was funny and they had jokes for all the ethnic groups. Good times back then...

[@8XXXX0XXXX8]

Fricken Andy,still cracking me up all these years later

[@Brookiecookieandmaddie]

What about the pochos

[@samoanmanchubanners458]

Much Respect to the Kanaka Maoli for keeping their culture strong.

[@hanse5922]

“Aloha-doo-doo to you too.” 🍻

[@MehRHEE]

Why did I only find this now?

[@stuckIN801]

First of all, Samoans are Polynesians. Why do you think, we are taught about at the PCC (POLYNESIAN Cultural Center)? And second, the word for hit/slap is "Sasa" (sah-sah). Okay, just saying. No heat, Mahalo Braddah.

[@genghis29]

howbout portagee, popolo and yobo?

[@harrymiram6621]

Even Borinque & Buddha-head?

[@arturomansour-hull930]

That’s true: different ethnicities like different things. Norwegians like skiing , Spanish (especially Castellanos y Andaluces) people like soccer, Welsh people like rugby.

[@leonardhayes9125]

Ha! Good stuff Andy. I used to vacation and surf the North Shore and I would get called popolo or borinkee every time! At first I thought they had me confused with somebody else. One of the local kids straightened me out. Said I was so dumb, I was almost haole. Aloha!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Leonard Hayes ha ha haaaa. Too funny Brah. Mahalo for da comment.

[@leftylimbo]

Thanks for the info. This was actually the most Hawaiian pidgin I'd ever heard. I've been to Oahu and Maui but never really heard some real local talk, so this was enlightening for sure. I'm filipino, so when I visited, I could've easily passed as a local or kama'aina (as some people asked if I was), but once I spoke, it was obvious that I was a mainlander. Question - did some of the labels change? Back in the '90s I'd heard that Filipinos were called _manongs_?

[@sanstheskeleton2023]

leftylimbo I betcha you can find more pidgin the farther out you go. Kaua’i, Mōloka’i, Lāna’i (those two not quite farther than Maui but more rural) and Big Island. Don’t go too far west, or you gonna end up in da Forbidden Island.

[@GreenCanvasInteriorscape]

I moved away in 84 and back then all the Filipinos were known as bukbuks, hadn't heard manong, but I wasn't deep in local P.I. culture, black dog was said in a squeaky voice around Filipinos too, a joke about eating them? Fun memories

[@ChrisSlack]

Ah, back of the classroom! Feel familiar?!?! Love these videos!

[@AndyBumataiShow]

+Chris Slack Ha ha Sure does.

[@chillaxinfool6857]

Andy Bumatai guarantee

[@cfukuhara1157]

garans ballbarans..

[@jefflaxa4890]

4:30 is the best

[@AndyBumataiShow]

Mahalo Jeff. I now do a podcast Tues & Thurs Hawai‘i t3 PM ime here on KZbin and a niumber of other platforms. Search AndyBumataiShow on KZbin. Aloha my friend.

[@gabriellebode8096]

Love disssss! My dad gave me all da lesson! Nobody tease samoan!! Hawaiian culture all da way man 🌺🤙

[@haunanimartin459]

Dis is fricken funny! Mahalo, Andy!

[@MonumentToSin]

Aaayyyy bradduh! My dad is Hawaiian Filipino and my mom is German haole! The aunties call her the "ray of sunshine" cause she the only blonde in family pictures!

[@PuananiKane]

I hapa too and wen subscribble 🤣❤️🤙🏽