![]() ![]() ![]() To understand da kine, you first have to understand exactly what language modern Hawaiians speak, which is not nearly as simple as you might think. It may be the most versatile phrase on the planet. Hawaii’s “da kine” is not only an all-purpose noun, capable of standing in for objects, events, and people: it’s also a verb, an adjective, an adverb, and a symbol of Hawaiian people and the unique way they speak. Peggy2012CREATIVELENZ/CC BY 2.0Īfter I wrote about “ jawn,” the all-purpose noun that’s embedded in the culture of Philadelphia, I started getting emails telling me about a similar, and maybe even wilder, term native to a small group of isolated islands nearly 5,000 miles away. ![]()
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