ʻOkina

Okay kiddo, let's talk about the ʻokina. Have you seen this symbol before? It looks like a tiny little "o" with a line on top, right? Well, that's the ʻokina, and it's pretty important in a language called Hawaiian.

See, in Hawaiian, the ʻokina is like a little pause in the word. It's like when you take a little breath before saying the next part of a word. But just like how you need to use the right punctuation in your writing, it's important to use the ʻokina correctly in Hawaiian words.

Sometimes people forget to use the ʻokina or they use it in the wrong place, and that can change the meaning of the word. It's kind of like if you wrote "cat's" instead of "cats," it changes the whole idea!

So if you ever learn Hawaiian or see it written somewhere, remember to look out for that little "o" with the line on top - that's the ʻokina, and it's important to use it correctly!