"A hui hou, mālama pono!"

Translation: Until we meet again, take good care!

[Andu444]

Shouldn't 'take good care' also be accepeted if pono means 'good'?

[MK5Eu9]

it’s been accepted Nov 25,2018

[OonaJoyce1]

Couldn't the sentence be translated to " until you and I meet again, take good care?" Doulingo told me that it's not correct.

[Steve177637]

If the meaning is the same with or without the "pono", then why say "pono"?

[monsoon.mama]

Is it commonly said this way in actual conversation? Or is it more often spoken "A hui hou, e mālama pono!" since you are telling someone to do something?

[KarinLynn1]

good question??

[Zach_Factor]

Why don't you need "kaua" or "kakou" in this sentence, after "a hui hou"?

[rokzas]

Why can't i translate as take care until we meet again?

[Jim292127]

Such a confusing sentence.

[Akamai14]

Take care is a proper translation

[Dealanach]

Shouldn't until we meet again take good care also be acceptable?

[AbbyRose232636]

Pono does not mean "good", it means right or proper.

[Throkir]

Don't get it. It seems wrong. Could someone explain this sentence and why it's translation is so odd?

[JanMakepa]

Seems Duo is saying Mālama means take care and Pono means good. So putting the two together translates to take good care. I know it's confusing and pono alone could mean righteous or for me a lifestyle. If we specifically meant take good care we in fact would say Mālama pono kou kino or take care of yourself. Irritating cause it's having me go outside of what I know and getting it wrong. Auwe!

[KarinLynn1]

I'm learning more about Duolingo and how it's trying to help understand nuances of the language as I go along. I think the idea here is to show that the addition of "pono" is to emphasize the idea of taking care, not literally that it means "just" or "right."