"That Hawaiian man is happy."

Translation: Hauʻoli kēlā kāne Hawaiʻi.

[John883239]

It seems Hawaiian is a VSO (Verb-Subject-Object) language. I pulled this from wikipedia,

(a) Tense/aspect signs: i, ua, e, etc.
(b) Verb
(c) Qualifying adverb: mau, wale, ole, pu, etc.
(d) Passive sign: 'ia
(e) Verbal directives: aku, mai, etc.
(f) Locatives nei or lā, or particles ana or ai
(g) Strengthening particle: nō
(h) Subject
(i) Object or predicate noun

So, "That Hawaiian man" is a noun phrase which makes up the subject.
"is happy" is the verb phrase. So, the phrase should literally translate to "is happy" + "That Hawaiian Man" using this basic syntax.

However, it seems that adjectives are supposed to come after the words they are describing. So "is happy"+("that man"+ Hawaiian") is more accurate.

IDK, I'm new to this language, but that's what I found out after I got it wrong.

[NikkieLynn]

I still canʻt figure out when to put kēlā and kēia before or after the noun. In some examples itʻs at the end of the sentence.

[Jazzjone]

What are the grammar rules for this language?