"Hilo rains."

Translation: Ua ʻo Hilo.

[AraSigyrn]

I assume this is equivalent to "It's raining in Hilo"?

[HklaniClee]

"Ua" can also be translated as "rainy" which would have made much more sense in this sentence.

[der_Rabe]

How can Hilo rain?

[tsuj1g1r1]

So "ʻo" is used with place names too? I feel like we did a lot of exercises where it wasn't used with them.

[JaysonNutt]

'o is used with proper nouns. o is used to mean 'of'. The okina (') is an important distinguisher

[tsuj1g1r1]

The one in this exercise does have an okina.

[KiUlv]

Yes, it needs the 'okina with a proper noun.

[KarinLynn1]

(And it doesn't mean "of" here - more like the "ua" is a verb or adverb is the way I'm interpreting it) (not that I know! ;) )

[KenTuttle]

I typed, "ʻUa o Hilo" literally... "Rains of Hilo." It was accepted.
Has a nice ring to it, nʻest pas?
General question: When a word starts a sentence, do we need to include the okina? Ex. ʻUa o Hilo. or Ua o Hilo. Anyone know forschiz?

[KarinLynn1]

I just tried this (Ua o Hilo without the 'okina) because I got to try again :) (I had the sentence wrong the first time - typed "Ka ua o Hilo") and was wondering if it worked without the "ka." I was told "o" was a typo and it should be "'o." (Maybe you did too and didn't notice?)

WRT the second part - "ua" doesn't have an 'okina to begin with (?) but I don't think it makes a diff whether it's at the beginning of the sentence or not anyway.