"Is that the happy bird?"

Translation: Kony hontes kirine issa?

[benulo]

Isn't kony for inanimate objects?

[SprightBark]

Yes. But:

Note: It's up to the individual speaker to decide whether animals are animate enough to earn a B-class demonstrative pronoun.

Source: https://www.duolingo.com/skill/hv/Demonstratives-1/tips-and-notes

[AnssiAatam]

Sorry, but that does not make any sense. Animals are living beings and they move; thus, they are animate objects.

[LockenLude]

Wouldn't "Kony hontes kirine issa" translate to "Is that bird happy?"? With the basic lecture I would have assumed the correct translation to be "Kony kirine hontes issa?"

[Matthew647268]

Happy is always after the thing like vala or hontes

[Amadeo472845]

Shouldn't the right translation be: "Kony kirine hontes issa?"

[AnssiAatam]

Exactly. So far, from what I have learned, an adjective precedes a noun when you want to describe the noun. I am certain that the word order should be like you typed if you want to ask "Is that the happy bird?"