"Hauʻoli au."

Translation: I am happy.

[KarinLynn1]

If 'o is required before ia as a subject, why not for au (and 'oe)?

[jonafown]

Is Hawaiian a VSO language like Tagalog?

[shwmae]

Wikipedia says: "Hawaiian is a predominantly verb–subject–object language. However, word order is flexible, and the emphatic word can be placed first in the sentence." There seem to be one or two other exceptions too.

[Henroriro]

Both Hawaiian and Tagalog are Austronesian languages just like Samoan and Maori and many more, and most of them have similar structure to some extent.

[shwmae]

That's cool. Check out this video of a Māori guy learning Indonesian talking about the similarities that surprised him.