SU
- medium: The sign is printed on a bottle of seasoning.
- domain: The context of this sign is that it is a seasoning with smoky rub in it (smoked paprika).
- audience: This sign is intended for the public in general. Anyone who is in the store passing this seasoning or buying it. Intended for local and nonlocal.
- function: This sign is trying to tell you that it is made in Hawai’i as it says at the top “aloha from Hawai’i”.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is Pidgin or HWC with some Hawaiian and English.
The phrase “da kine” means “the kind” when it is roughly translated and it is similar to the Pidgin expression “any kine” which means “any kind”. It is usually used when you can’t put your finger on what you’re trying to say. For example, “Um…da kine, he went to the grocery store already.”, “She wen go mess up my da kine.”, “He’s so da kine.”
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43951
United States
Honolulu
SU
- medium: The sign is printed on a building located at Ward Village.
- domain: The context of the sign is that it is a dry cleaners that also washes and folds your clothes for you, making it aloha fresh.
- audience: The sign is intended for people who are passing by the area. It is intended for nonlocals and locals.
- function: The sign is trying to inform people that there is a dry cleaners located there in Ward Village.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is English, “Dry Cleaners” with a little Hawaiian, “Aloha”.
The word “aloha” means “hello, goodbye, love” in Hawaiian.
Multilingual Hawaiʻi
43950
United States
Kaneohe
SU
- medium: The sign is printed on a piece of wood that you hang in or outside of your home.
- domain: The context of the sign is using the phrase “E komo mai” to welcome someone into or to your home.
- audience: The sign is intended for people who are visiting one’s home, both local and nonlocal.
- function: The sign is trying to tell people that they are welcome at the place where this sign is hung.
- language: The language that is dominant on this sign is Hawaiian, “E komo mai” with a little bit of English, “Welcome”.
The phrase “E komo mai” means “Welcome” in Hawaiian.
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