"This is a smart man."
Translation:He kāne akamai kēia.
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It's very complicated since a single word might be able to act like a verb, a noun, an adjective, or an adverb depending on where it is in the sentence. And for a "to be" sentence ("this is that") there's not really a verb at all. Perhaps the following breakdown will help you understand the pattern in this sentence:
He kāne "A man"
He kāne kēia. "This is a man."
He kāne akamai "A smart man"
He kāne akamai kēia. "This is a smart man."
As I understand it, Hawaiian word order is somewhat like Yoda-speak to us: "A man smart (is) he".
Because that means "This man is smart" which is a different sentence from "This is a smart man."
Can someone help me, what is the grammar pattern in Hawaiian, like adjective,then noun... Please send help
There are a couple different word orders, but the main sentence pattern is:
(tense) Verb (adverb) (directional) Determiner Subject (adjective) (preposition+object) (adjective) (preposition+locative)
i can't seem to grasp hawaiian word order, you have a site that taught you? would really appreciate it
That sounds like a great book, but not for $200! ʻAʻole wau he haumāna kulanui!
The word order is really hard for me on most of the questions on this category
