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- "Nani kēia lā."
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It is a looser translation of it. He lā nani. or He lā nani ia. would be It's a nice day. However, that does not take into account the word kēia. So yours is not as precise.
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Whatʻs the diference between Uʻi and Nani? both means beatiful or pretty, but in which cases?
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They are only different in how they feel. Nani is more like pretty. U'i is more like beautiful, but feels like young and beautiful, generally feminine. I have seen them used interchangeably, but try not to use u'i to describe your car. It would be nani.
People also state that u‘i is a youthful beauty and is not typically used to describe inanimate objects like a painting for example.
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I'm taking the (GREAT! FREE! now online due to COVID) class Wednesdays at 3PM HST (Facebook - KTUH Honolulu) and they indicated (at one time?) nani for male and u'i more for female. Is that your experience?
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Nohea for men, U'i and Nani for women. Although, just like in English, is definitely not a hard and fast rule.
In past lessons I've noticed adjectives mostly after the noun. Why is it before the noun here?
To modify a noun, it would go after. However, this is a complete thought - What is today like? Today is beautiful. It is a complete qualitative statement. If you put nani after, it would translate to "this beautiful day" which technically is not a complete thought.
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Why not "this day is beautiful"? Because it seems to be literally "beautiful this day" ...?
This is indeed what you are saying word for word. There isn't one single word for today, and thus, kēia lā represents the word today.
