"Garland"

Translation: Lei

[BrandonWon774161]

There are definite articles. Ke="the" for common nouns that start with K, E, A, O. Ka="the" for common nouns that start with any other letter, including the 'okina. Nā = the, plural

[Nathan_Boyer]

Bob Marley

[FemiDairo]

What??????????

[Bellekitcat]

Bob Marley

[Tilda601520]

What is lei or Garland. I am confused

[kelii....]

A necklace of flowers, seeds, nuts, feathers, or man-made objects like yarn or ribbon or even money. I encourage you to do a google image search for it. They are very beautiful, and the variety is amazing.

[Desert-R0se]

Are there definite/indefinite articles in Hawaiian? If so, what are they?

[DouglasJulien]

Kind of:

"ka" functions most often as "the" does – it's singular.
"ke" is used instead with words beginning with k, e, a and o.
"nā" is the plural of the above.

"he" is usually translated as "a". If plural, "he mau" is used.

[MitchTalmadge]

What would be the difference between nā and he mau? Can you give an English example?

[kelii....]

So, nā means the (definite article) when the noun is plural. It can be used in many places of a sentence. He mau means some (indefinite) but it is almost always at the beginning of a sentence.
'O nā kumu kākou. --> We are the teachers.
BUT
He mau kumu kākou. --> We are (some) teachers.

[EllieAlvar6]

Explain the purpose of E and the punctuation ???

[kelii....]

Do you mean "E lei. " ?

[FemiDairo]

"E Lei" means give a lei

[native.007]

This makes no sense. How can I translate hawaiian into hawaiian