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How do you pronounce her first name?


I'm just curious

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Oow lee ee

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Thank you

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That was my question too!


"Its Alive"

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That "backward apostrophe" is actually a 'okina. It marks a full glottal stop; some consider it a consonant (notice I wrote A 'okina, not AN 'okina).

So Auli'i is pronounced "Auli-i" ("i" sounds like a quick long e, as in Spanish). And Hawai'i is pronounced "Havai--i" ("w" is pronounced like "v").

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