Today is King Kamehameha Day!

The state of Hawaii commemorates and celebrates King Kamehameha today.

In 1810, this king united all of Hawaii into one kingdom. He is honored on June 11 every year in Hawaii. It is a state holiday, so many state offices and schools are closed.

You might recognize this famous monarch from photos of his statue in front of the judiciary building in downtown Honolulu. He is known as Kamehameha I as well as Kamehameha the Great. He served as ruler from 1782 to 1819.

There are many celebrations on this day in Hawaii including parades, hula competitions, and draping his statue with leis.

Happy Kamehameha Day!

The photo below is from this site where you can learn more about the statue of this great king:

King Kamehameha Statue

Aloha, and Mahalo for visiting!

Cheryl

The Hawaiian Island Detective Club

Book One—Pineapples in Peril

RELEASES OCTOBER 1, 2012!!

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Ancient or Modern?? (part 2)

Scroll down to Monday’s post to see why I’m talking about the Hawaiian numbering system today.

The system is pretty simple for one through ten. But then you get to the teens, twenties and thirties! This is an example of how it’s done with the Ancient System:

Eleven is “ten plus one” In Hawaiian that would be Umi + kumama + kahi

Umikumamakahi

Seems simple enough, right? Unless, of course, like me, you used the ancient system to number every chapter in your book!

Here’s the same example in the Modern System:

Eleven is “ten plus one” In Hawaiian that would be Umi + kuma + kahi

Umikumakahi

See the difference? It’s the pesky extra “ma”!!

So I’ve submitted the changes to my editor and hopefully the numbers will all come out correct for the modern system. Check it out when you read Pineapples in Peril.

Until then, enjoy the number, Twenty-Seven!

Iwakaluakumahiku

And for even more fun, click this video to see these adorable kids do the “Number Song” for one through ten!

Aloha, and Mahalo for visiting!

Cheryl

The Hawaiian Island Detective Club

Book One—Pineapples in Peril

RELEASES OCTOBER 1, 2012!!

www.cheryllinnmartin.com

mailto:cheryllinnmartin@yahoo.com

Ancient or Modern??

A few weeks ago I found myself in this dilemma.

I had numbered my chapters in Pineapples in Peril with the ancient Hawaiian numbers. Then I found out there’s a modern system, which is just a bit different.

Normally I wouldn’t worry too much about this, but because I want my book to be PERFECT, I needed to see which was the preferred system. (Uhh . . . is there ever a perfect book? How many of you have found a mistake in a book you’re reading?)

I soon discovered through research and speaking with a college student who grew up in Hawaii, that they teach the modern system to kids in school. Okay—so my book is for kids. Hmm . . . figured I’d better change my chapter numbers!

Luckily I was still working on corrections for galley number two, so I made the changes. Unfortunately, the Advanced Reader Copies will have the ancient numbering system—along with a couple other errors . . . sigh.

Check in on Thursday to see a little about how the numbers work in the Hawaiian language and what I had to change!

Aloha, and Mahalo for visiting!

Cheryl

The Hawaiian Island Detective Club

Book One—Pineapples in Peril

RELEASES OCTOBER 1, 2012!!

www.cheryllinnmartin.com

mailto:cheryllinnmartin@yahoo.com