"She is my grandmother."
Translation:ʻO ia koʻu tūtū wahine.
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Wouldn't it depend on whether the goal is to identify "my grandmother" or "that woman"? Wouldn't Koʻu tūtū wahine ʻo ia mean anything in Hawaiian?
You are close with your alternative sentence. You just need to start it with 'O - ‘O ko‘u tūtū wahine ‘o ia. Your alternative is a more common word order in Tahitian grammar, but in Hawaiian ʻO ia koʻu tūtū wahine. is a bit more common. Both are correct, though.
So the English distinction between ("Who's that?") "She's my GRANDMOTHER" and ("Who's your grandmother?") "SHE is my grandmother" can't be translated to Hawaiian?
I answered "He ko'u tūtū wahine 'o ia" and the program marked me wrong, but when I entered that same phrase into my online translator, it gave me back "She is my grandmother." Can someone explain to me (and apparently to the online translator) what is the fine difference here? And what nuance are we supposed to be picking up from this fine discrepancy. E kokua mai.
Twice - since the very next question I got was the same - at least they're consistent. As was I. Yep. Still "wrong."
Isn't there a conflict between "he" and "ko'u"? Like "She is a my grandmother"?
The spelling should be kuku (still pronounced tutu).. Also, can't we do kupuna-? That's how my dad refers to my grandparents when he asks us to look for them
