the "yeah, no" actually comes from Hawaiian. The "no" is like an adjective toward what weʻre saying. For example, in the Hawaiian Language, we say "leʻaleʻa nō." Leʻaleʻa meaning fun and nō meaning very or indeed. So when pidgin happened, I think the no come from that nō. So when we say "yeah, no" we mean "yes, very much indeed"
@@Camsynth “hah?” Is like saying you did not hear the person or you can not believe what you heard or an attempt to affirm what you heard or strong encouragement to coerce a response.(?)
I love your show. In this episode you referenced "a penny saved. . .". When I first met you way back in the 80's, you were saving all your pennies, and other spare change, by tossing the coins onto your patio. Your back yard was paved with coins! I keep mine in a jar, but different strokes, eh?
I love Andy! I haven't heard talk like that for years and it brings back memories of luaus entertained by cousins singing and at least one falsetto. And the aunties or gramma kicking off their slippah to dance hula.
My great grandmother spoke to my dad and once used 4 languages together in one sentence. She spoke that plantation pidgin. Even i had hard time tryin to figure out what she said.
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I miss hearing pidgin every day. I was 19 and moved from mainland to Keneohe, spent all my time with local locals and bit by bit started speaking it cuz it's all i heard most of the time. At some point it sank in and I felt it, it flowed through me. To dis day stay in my heart. Hawaii and the people there are magic.
Now that I watch Andy's show, Stonkodactyl, i speak pidgin around the house. At times it feels like it's a faster way to communicate! Anyways, like i one tol you befo, isn't that the Aloha Spirit? Taste more of that at Andy's new LIVE stream at Twitch.tv/andybumatai. No shame, come talk story and share your traditions from family and island with the chat and Andy. Live everyday at 6am HST, 9am Pacific.
4:00 my mother is hawaiian and this sounds just like her when she asks for something. "hey can you get da kine" if i hand her anything she's all "no not that kine, da kine ova there" this cracked me up so hard
I just found your channel and I absolutely love it. It's like a nano vacation. I particularly liked how local Hawaiians use "yeah no?" It's so much nicer than how we use it here in New England. When we use it up here it's usually when someone is saying something foolish or messed up. We will stretch out the yeah, we pause and then real quick say the no. Yeaaaaaah...No. what we're saying when we say it up here is, basically we're telling the other person they're wrong and they're (crazy or a jerk) for thinking they're right. Can't wait to watch the rest.
I never heard "rat bite" before -- too funny. Also, I must have picked up something in my 25 years + over there -- to this day I still find myself ending a sentence with "... but." LOL Thanks, Andy! Another great one.
Eh howzit braddah andy! Diz one bugga haole i work with watch your show every day brah, and da kine lolo love it! hahaha and even at da kine bar after we pau hana we still watch! Mahalo nui loa!
Andy Bumatai, Subject: 'Yeah, no?' The Spanish phrase is 'que, no', which implies 'what, no?' Expressing 'do you agree, yes'. So your reasoning is correct, from my perspective. Then again, to quote 'The Daily Pidgin', 'no quote me, I may be wrong'. An aside: I met a native Hawaiian and he mentioned your show. I am most impressed with your persona, mahalo. It be it, Ronin Kannushi
Jus like you, I neva hear "rat bite" for long time, but it cracked me up and wen remind me of small kid time wen parents would cut dea kids' hair or da kids try cut 'em themself. An' we always wen say, "Yeah, no?" for mean "It's true, isn't it?" or "Isn't that the truth." It might come from Japanese cuz you can put "no" at da end of one question, or for agreement in Hiroshima dialect instead of "ne." My auntie folks always used to say stuff like "So stupid, no?" or "You going come, no?"
I lived in Hawaii in the early 70s wita local Houle family in Kaaawa. You were my favorite comidian then and I an so happy to get to hear you again. Mahalo for making my day. Aloha nui loa.
Never really think about my yeah, no lol. I still say it as a haole grown up who hasn't lived there for decades. I still end sentences with but sometimes too now that I think about it lol. 😂😂
Years ago, being a mainland haole girl, I met and married a local guy. He admitted years later that he kept a Thesaurus at work after meeting me and he was always having to repeat himself cuz I never could understand him. After seeing each other about 6 months, I was feeling bad cuz I wasn't catching any fish...couldn't figure out what bait to use or find a good spot, etc. Then he said to me, "Sawrite, bumbai you go-een". And I LIT UP and said, "Oh honey, I understood what you said!!" Another thing that would always make me laugh was when he'd end his sentence with 'wat you call em?'. If he would've said 'da kine', I would've accepted it but 'what you call em'??? I'd have to say, "I don't know honey, wat YOU callem?"
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I moved back to Hilo and I'm on my third hair sylist. Last week, I went to a new one and I told her, "Can you fix my hair? The last guy who cut my hair gave me a rat bite right here" She gave me a strange look so I had to explain. Turns out, she looks local but she was born and raised in California. LOL
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In South America we have this habit to say Yeah,no? it's funny cause we agree with something and at the end the " No" means .." right?" For example Today it's so cold, I would like to stay home having some pop corn watching some movie.....and my friend is gonna answer " Yeah, no?" this means yeah, right? I agree with you!! ... :) :)
Soo good. Rat bite Uncle!!! Killin me. In Lahaina town I had a buddy come from Hanapepe say rat bite. We were rolling. Never laugh so hard. Also finish sentence with "but" like mainland people finish sentence with "soo". "I like make musubi but no more spam, sooo." Same,Ya? LOVE IT Uncle.
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the "yeah no" feature reminds me of Chilensismo (Chilean Spanish) and there usage of "ya po" (or just "po"). it has a similar meaning. People say it to the end of words of phrases to emphasize the obviosity of a statement. For example, let's say there is a man at a table eating soup. Somebody then asks (in Spanish): "está comiendo sopa con una cuchara?" "Sí po!" I think it's a coincidence but a cool connection anyway
+Jodi Phillips Yes, to most English speakers it sounds like Yoda even though most other languages have Yoda sentence structure and consider English to have a reversed sentence structure.
Hawaiiguy1, I not fo sure myself, I always use "Neva Mind." Maybe you need one debate wit Andy on dis. Come to the daily pidgin LIVE stream that Andy has at Twitch.tv/andybumatai at 6am HST, 9am Pacific.
