"Thanks for this meeting."

Translation: Mahalo kēia hui ʻana.

[MitchTalmadge]

I'm gonna be so good at thanking people for meetings when I go to Hawaiʻi

[MakalenaSh]

I answered "Mahalo no kēia hālāwai." Is this really wrong?

[ThomasChoc]

Same

[KaanalikeL]

I think my answer should have been accepted. Mahalo no kēia hui 'ana.

[KiUlv]

I agree! That is how i would say it.

[_Amanda_LS]

What this "no" means?

[KiUlv]

In this case, the no is like "for"

[mTAVKV8d]

I twice typed the correct answer, but it took a long time "grading" and said it was incorrect, but the answer given matched mine.

[MacKinzieRob]

Did you report it?

[mTAVKV8d]

It says I have a typo with the 'ana and I don't. I typed it correctly.

[Lerura]

The word is actually spelled with an 'okina and not with an apostrophe, so it is in fact a typo.

[mTAVKV8d]

I thought that might be the case, but after that I carefully selected the okina given and it still said it was wrong.

[MacKinzieRob]

Did you report it? And some platforms do not allow the user to access the 'okina

[Amlan410365]

Yeah its odd

[mTAVKV8d]

nice to know an alternative

[JonNouchi]

I used "Mahalo no kēia hui ʻana." Duolingo believes it should be "Mahalo kēia hui ʻana," which is incorrect because "kēia hui ʻana" would be the actor doing the "mahalo."

[SkyBruno]

What's the difference between kēia and ka?
...Kēia hui'ana vs. ...ka hui'ana

[Lerura]

"ka" and "ke" are the singular definite articles equivalent to "the" in english.
"ke" in front of words starting with k, e, a or o, otherwise "ka".
e.g "ka iʻa" = "the fish".

"nā" is the plural definite article.

"kēia" is equivalent to "this" e.g. "kēia iʻa" = "this fish"

"kēlā" is equvalent to "that" e.g. "Kēlā iʻa" = "that fish"

[deactivated user]

Thanks this event