"Garland"
Translation:Lei
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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.
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
Are there definite/indefinite articles in Hawaiian? If so, what are they?
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.
What would be the difference between nā and he mau? Can you give an English example?
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.
