Also ‘braddah’ or ‘cuz’ used as a friendly term to refer to someone, like ‘dude’ or ‘bro.’ Here’s a list of English words, and how they’re used in Pidgin:
A lot of Hawaiian words are also commonly used, but you can find some those in another blog post. Pidgin mostly borrows words from English, but sometimes uses those words in original ways. Likewise, L sounds at the end of words are pronounced like o (people > peepo) Pidgin words you think you know (but probably don’t) R, when preceded by a vowel, is dropped (more better > mo’ bettah) Th sounds either drop the h (think > tink) or are pronounced as a d (that > dat). Many pidgin words or phrases that originated in English may be harder to understand due to pidgin’s original pronunciation: The grammatical structure and pronunciation of Pidgin is largely different from that of English, meaning you might understand all the words a local is saying to you without comprehending their meaning. Today, the language mainly consists of English and Hawaiian, with a few other loanwords that betray its plantation heritage.īut just because Pidgin sounds like English doesn’t mean it’s easy to understand! Hawaiian Pidgin is officially referred to as Hawaiian Creole English (HCE)-‘ creole’ being defined as a language that developed from a mix of other different languages-but it’s commonly referred to as simply “Pidgin.”ĭeveloped by immigrant plantation workers as a common language to communicate with each other, Pidgin developed from a hodgepodge of Hawaiian, English, Japanese, Portuguese, and Cantonese, among other immigrant languages.
The biggest functional difference between the two is that a creole can actually be a first language. When a pidgin is used for long enough that it develops its own grammar, the pidgin evolves into a creole. Simply put, a pidgin is a mash of two (or more) languages that’s used temporarily between people who don’t have a common language. Technically, what’s known as ‘Pidgin’ in Hawaii isn’t a pidgin at all. This is because the language uses a lot of English vocabulary, but there’s a lot more to it than that. Hawaiian Pidgin sounds a lot like English, but may seem incomprehensible to English speakers. If you’re in Hawaii for the first time, you might be surprised when you first hear Pidgin.
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