be

  There is no verb “to be” in Hawaiian.

  The copula may be entirely omitted, or represented by verb markers (ua, e … ana, ke … nei, i, e) or by he.

   ♦ I am well, ua maika'i au.

   ♦ I was well, ua maika'i au.

   ♦ I will be well, e maika'i ana au.

   ♦ You are happy, hau'oli 'oe.

   ♦ You were happy, hau'oli 'oe.

   ♦ He is going, e hele ana'oia, ke hele nei 'oia.

   ♦ To be with (accompany), 'alo.

   ♦ To be happy, noho me ka hau'oli.

   ♦ To be chief, noho ali'i.

   ♦ To be in a state of, hele ā, ka'a.

   ♦ She is a teacher, he kumu 'oia.