"Kōʻala ʻo Keoki i ka naʻaukake."

[DABurnside]

The way DL translates this sentence, "...broils sausage" is treating "sausage" as a generic term, so whenever Keoki cooks sausage, he habitually broils it. Given ka, It could also say that he broils THE sausage. Either interpretation should be correct. Itʻs a bit ambiguous.

[KaimanaSoliai]

Hmm...the English translation seems a bit odd for this one. I could be wrong. Any one else? Thoughts?

[Jessi784299]

I agree, "Keoki broils the sausage" sounds more natural to me! I think all the variations you suggested should be accepted. :D And, even though it sounds a little odd, I could see using "Keoki broils sausage" if i wanted to specify how Keoki usually cooks sausage, in general.

[rabelon]

What seems odd about the translation?

[KaimanaSoliai]

Well, I suppose I would’ve thought it would be: “Keoki broils THE sausage” since “Keoki broils sausage” didn’t sound quite right to me. He either broils “A” sausage, or “THE” sausage if it’s just a single sausage. Or if plural, “Keoki broils sausageS” would sound right. Just not “Keoki broils SAUSAGE.” But I wasn’t sure if I was wrong about the English on this one or not since I put “Keoki broils the sausage” and got it wrong. But I thought there was a chance that I could be wrong, so I figured I’d ask and see if anyone else thought differently than I did.

[rabelon]

I see your point.

[MojaveMama]

I reported it as sounding 'un-natural'...we'll see what becomes of it.