"Aia ke kelepona ma ka noho."

Translation: The phone is on the chair.

[cdar1231]

This comment is not for this sentence in particular but as a beginner, i'm finding the audio to be too fast. I can't imagine that i'm the only one. I'm not asking for super slow but i can't follow conversational speed yet....

[Owenwa1800]

same here

[GaryBisaga]

I've found most of the audio recordings are moderate speed, but the good news is that most are very clear. In longer sentences, I have a hard time understanding, but after I play the recording a few times, read the text, and listen again, it starts to make sense.

[brjaga]

What is the difference between ma and i?

[jdmcowan]

They can both be used for the place where something is located or is happening. Only i can be used for movement towards a location - ma cannot be used for that. Thus they are both often translated as "at/in/on" but only i is sometimes translated as "to/towards".

[JudithWats]

"The telephone is on the chair" is not accepted!

[jdmcowan]

Why are you telling us here? Did you report it?

[WarriorCleberz]

For me too, I reported it on 03.23.2019 and I hope they fix it. Soon!!!!!

[knehonua]

What's the difference between aia and he?

[LMarquis1]

I saw someone else say "he" is used as "is a" (must have "a" in the sentence) , while "aia" is used for something or someone physically present somewhere. So far it seems right.

[GaryBisaga]

Yes my understanding is these are two different pepeke (sentence forms):
- "Aia" starts a sentence to indicate (or ask about) location in time or space. So: Aia ia ma ka pākaukau = it is on the table.
- "He" starts a "class inclusion" sentence, saying something is in the class of something else. So: He pākaukau kēia = This is a table.