The Tahitian Language

[@langshack4552]

I apologize for the face view quality. For now, turn the quality up to 720p at least, so the video doesn't look too grainy on the parts with face view. I'm actively researching how to preserve the quality of the 1080 view when it comes to transferring the video between here, the editor, back to here and then on KZbin.

[@chrism1610]

I learned a lot from this video. Thanks for putting it together!

[@langshack4552]

Thank you for your support and for watching! Glad I could do that.

[@ustorm9]

Hawaii, Tahiti, Cook islands, Aotearoa, Rapa Nui. All are connected.

[@originalclaymoreboy728]

Rarotonga is the crossroads between east and west polynesia.

[@lilikoijuci]

I speak a little Hawaiian and I recognized the similarities right away. Mahalo ā nui no kēia wikiō!

[@Brandon-rq6jg]

Mātou = Me, another person (refers to more than 3 people) but excludes the person you’re talking to. Rātou = them (3 or more) excluding me and you. ‘Outou = you and them, excluding me. Tātou = all of us (3+ people) me, them and you. Māua = me and someone else, excluding you. Rāua = those 2, excluding me and you. Tāua = me and you, excluding them. ‘Ōrua = you and someone else, excluding me.

[@Zalidia]

I *severely* underestimated the difficulty

[@awwpulu]

Like pu na olelo elua, o Hawaii laua o Tahiti.. einae, hoohuitau tau hoite ana mai ia matou.. e aho paha e niele aku i ketahi poe atamai i ta olelo kahiti e hoomoakata iaoe mamua o tau hoolaha ano hewa. Poniuniu tau ao ana aku..

[@Number1ReggaeHunter]

The Pre-Colonization Dialect of Hawaiian called the 'Ni'ihau Dialect' is the closest thing to Tahitian.

[@808wtf808]

There is beginner classes every Thursday via the zoom.

[@timnewsham1]

Did you get the possessive plurals right? "to matou being like yours and mine and someone elses but without the me, and to taatou being like yours and mine and someone elses but with the me"? In Hawaiian "ko makou" is "belongs to us, but not to the person being spoken to" and "ko kakou" is "belongs to us, including the person being spoken to". Like saying "our dad" when talking to a stranger versus "our dad" when speaking to a sibling.

[@tasilua1051]

Almost, Mātou means me and these other people minus you (The person i am talking to)

[@UriahD85]

Tena koutou katoa from Aotearoa

[@brennencarruth131]

new zealand

[@FBCarson]

Kalofae ia 4:40 😂 oni & ufa. Ga la ua e komo mai?

[@AE-ix2iz]

Why are you laughing? I’m guessing you don’t know what ufa means in Samoan?

[@FBCarson]

@@AE-ix2iz😂 as a Samoan that’s why its funny. Like how Nigerians eat fufu, and in Samoan fufu means - 😂 I’m confident there are words in Samoan that are funny to Tahitians in the same manner. As a Polynesian I can because I can.

[@lionn420]

my father had many friends in tahiti, including some tribal chiefs. they gave him the name Viti-Viti. what does that mean?

[@lilikoijuci]

It may be similiar to wikiwiki in Hawaiian meaning fast or hasten. 😊

[@lionn420]

@@lilikoijuci that's what my mom told me. according to a newspaper article i read my father is responsible for bringing rock&roll to the islands. maybe that's where he got his name Joey "Viti-Viti" Rardin. he was also the first white man to ever record music aqt some tahiti recording studio. one of the songs he recorded is on my channel. i think it's i left my heart in tahiti

[@Retromelon_Music]

When will be the Brayon & Acadian video and can you tell me if you get the MP3

[@langshack4552]

Retromelon, this was an earlier request, but it should be out within the next month, for a few videos in progress. I did receive the files, thank you!

[@Retromelon_Music]

@@langshack4552 ok thx

[@langshack4552]

I'm working on the script today since I have some time. I'm going to send you the script later on today when I complete so you can check it, and then it'll be out probably tomorrow.

[@Retromelon_Music]

@@langshack4552 Great tank you

[@Retromelon_Music]

@@langshack4552 I reply to the E-mail and I added a few extra and telling you what its right or not whit an other MP3

[@kahutamaki]

pirates ?or maui is a progenitor of our reo ummm ,many waka sailed back and from aotearoa to tahiti roa and hawaii but earlier rapanui arrived here weshare a ancestral lineage before 1800 Tupaea cooks navigator new our ariki bloodlines

[@amtsitemanu9517]

Iaorana, mea maita'i roa to 'oe fa'ata'ara'a i ni'a i te huru topara'a parau i Tahiti. Mea au roa.

[@brennencarruth131]

te raa ite haere mau hoa!

[@ariannejuson9102]

Hi All, I am a recruiter and needing advice . Our company is currently looking for Tahitian Part Time Translators. Would there be anyone who might be interested or a resource that we can reach out to? This project can be perfect to people looking for extra work that can be done online.

[@sarahcesar5813]

Tahitian and Japanese don't have the 'L' sound.

[@e.e.e]

Mauruuru. Can you tell us why you speak English with a flawless American accent? Are you actually Tahitian or is your Tahitian accented from abroad? I notice you call Tahitian a "cousin of Hawaiian". Shouldn't it be the opposite, since Tahiti came first and they colonized Hawaii? Just wondering. 🤔

[@langshack4552]

I’m 100% (biracial) American, I just enjoy researching languages and making presentations about them. I just came up with a title, I have cousins that were born after me, or before me but they’re still cousins, doesn’t matter if they’re older or younger, or came from one ancestor or another. Cousin “one/two/X times removed”

[@zeekpuia225]

i like how you explain poly grammer but your pronounciation could be abit better

[@e.e.e]

That is what I feared when I heard his American accent and read the title, which personally I found demeaning to Tahitians. So this guy is not native Tahitian, then? It explains his favoritism for the American island!

[@langshack4552]

I NEVER have native speakers to help record the pronunciation. Are you willing to provide them? I’m willing to remake the video if you can provide sound recordings for the words. I enjoy languages so I try to describe what linguists have written on them. It’s not like I sat here trying to demean Tahitians intentionally (how was I supposed to know the title would demean you???) and I don’t know where you got this “favoritism” stuff from, are you referring to me using “A cousin of Hawaiian?” .. I make videos on ALL languages, from Aleut to Maori. I may not have the best pronunciation but I do my best to research and present the material, this was 4 years ago anyway 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@MrSicc274]

You can speak Maori now

[@808wtf808]

Hoihoi keia

[@originalclaymoreboy728]

Idc what anyone says iam not speaking the corrupted tahitian language we know today. It's about time my go back to speaking the ancient tongue. Like rarotonga - samoa - hawaii 3 languages that have also been corrupted bout time we go back to speaking the old ways.

[@langshack4552]

I know Hawaiian was for sure.. especially seeing Niihau dialect. I don’t know about the way Tahitian was spoken before

[@langshack4552]

Even the same corruption happened with Aleut after the Russians colonized it, so they deem it “Old Aleut”, and a language in Australia changed extremely rapidly just from 1970-something to now, and Chemehuevi so it’s a sad story that keeps getting repeated and if there is documentation on the old way then it should be revived

[@samuelbenge524]

I hope to have a pacific gf someday if God wills it, otherwise, I know what He has for me is better

[@danieljohn4014]

please learn proper pronunciation if you’re teaching about a language. try not to make the letters fit into english pronunciation, like how you pronounce roa and roroa for example. it’s not roua.

[@langshack4552]

I’d be happy to record the video again if a native speaker would like to record the examples but I haven’t been able to find any, otherwise I try. This was also more than 4 years ago so sorry for any mistakes. Thanks for watching