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Hawaiian Word of the Day: November 29th

For those of you who have learned to tell the time in Hawaiian, you will find it very handy to know that we also have a way to say both A.M. and P.M. It means the same as in English, and it is written the same way. But in Hawaiian, we pronounce it ‘amu and pimu.

For those of you who have learned to tell the time in Hawaiian, you will find it very handy to know that we also have a way to say both A.M. and P.M. It means the same as in English, and it is written the same way. But in Hawaiian, we pronounce it ‘amu and pimu.

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