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Every Hawaiian syllable ends in a vowel sound. A Hawaiian syllable never contains more than one consonant. That means every consonant goes with the vowel that follows it. Every vowel not preceded by a consonant stands alone when you break a written word into syllables (you may smooth some of them together when you speak). Examples:

“Ua” consists of the two syllables u-a (it means “rain”) “Manoa” consists of the three syllables Ma-no-a (a beautiful valley you’ll see on your hikes in the mountains behind Honolulu) “Kaneohe” consists of the four syllables Ka-ne-o-he (a large town on windward Oahu and also Marine Corps Air Station near there) “Anuenue” consists of the five syllables a-nu-e-nu-e (it means “rainbow”) “Konahuanui” consists of the six syllables Ko-na-hu-a-nu-i (a peak in the Koolau Range) “Liliuokalani” consists of the seven syllables Li-li-u-o-ka-la-ni (Hawaii’s last monarch and author of the beloved song “Aloha Oe”)

Accent

In general, the accent falls on the next-to-last syllable for words with three or more syllables and on the first syllable for words of two syllables. For words of more than three syllables, you put a little stress on every other syllable preceding the accented one. Don’t worry about this; it seems to come naturally.