"Yes, today is hot."
Translation:ʻAe, wela kēia lā.
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794
A similar sentence wanted ke before ikiiki. 'Ae ke ikiiki o Hilo, but this one does not need ke? I understand that ke (or ka) is a definite article but I don't yet understand when to use it for these weather phrases.
I would also argue that this isn't the best topic to use for the distinction between possessive and the preposition in. I am having a hard time with o Hilo vs. i Hilo.
Yes. As Kelii mentioned above, Kēia mearly means this. Therefore if the translation is asking for This is pretty, you want He nani kēia. If you want a pretty day, you want He la nani. And if you want Today (this day) is a pretty day, then you want He la nani I kēia la. So when you see kēia la you know it means today, and la means day, and a solo kēia just means this. Savvy?
797
Tell me please, could I say: ʻAe, ka wela o kēia lā. If I meant: Yes, there is a heat today. Would it be grammatically correct?
That structure of yours would not work as is. it is just a noun phrase. It just means - Yes, the heat of today (this day). There is no expression in Hawaiian equivalent to There is/are. It is best to say Wela kēia lā. or Wela i kēia lā. If you want to use wela as a noun, then you could say He wela ko kēia lā. or He wela i kēia lā.
797
Thank you for respond! I got it! But i'm puzzled with the sentence you wrote: Wela i kēia lā. Here is no subject? No 'ka' and 'i' precedes 'kēia'. Is it possible? And I also feel hesitancy about indefinite article here: He wela i kēia lā. I haven't noticed this during lessons, only 'ka', 'Ka makani i kēia lā'.
Wela i kēia lā. - It is like Spanish. Weather sentences often do not have subjects, because one is not needed. It is hot today. The word kēia replaces ka (this replaces the), and the word i shows that "today" (kēia lā) is just an added time phrase. Without the word i, then kēia lā would be the subject of Wela - Today is hot. as opposed to It is hot today.
797
I'll keep it on mind! Thank you! As I'm trying to learn Hawaiian from very zero knowledge of it, every detail is important :)
797
He wela kēia lā - it's like He kū'aiemi ma ka hale kū'ai) For some reason, I still want to use Aia...i sentence structure in such cases...