"the women"

Translation: nā wāhine

[JenJenD1]

in a previous lesson, i picked wahine with a kahako (sorry I don't have the Hawaiian accent options) and it said that wahine with a kahako was incorrect. This one, with kahako is correct. Is it because wahine is plural?

[rabelon]

"Nā" means "the" but is plural. So, "Nā wāhine" is plural. Notice the kahakō in wāhine. "Ka wahine," both the article and the subject are singular and without kahakō.

[sara906105]

This language is hard

[Tamashi88]

So I accedentally left the space out between nā and wāhine (making it nāwāhine) and got it right with no corrections. I tested it with nākeiki which I also got right. Is this a glitch with Duo or is this an accurate way to write Hawai'ian?

[Maui_Bartlett]

The Duolingo software might be lenient enough to accept those as typos, but they are actually two separate words and are written with a space between them (except when used as part of a name).

[Jacob593676]

I dont have the hawiian accents available in my keyboard

[Maui_Bartlett]

If you're on your laptop, there are Hawaiian keyboards built into both Mac and Windows that you can enable in the keyboard settings. On phones, there are also Hawaiian keyboards for iPhone and Android.

[Nala47968]

Try holding sown any letter. If ther are variables, they will appear.

[kawela2]

I no more kahako, what can use for substitute the kahako?

[Maui_Bartlett]

If you're on your laptop, there are Hawaiian keyboards built into both Mac and Windows that you can enable in the keyboard settings. On phones, there are also Hawaiian keyboards for iPhone and Android.

[Nala47968]

Have you tried holding down on the letter? When i do all the variablea of that letter come up. It's allowed me to do Swedish. Aloha

[kileli]

Is wahine the only plural that gets the kahako (so that it becomes wāhine)? Are there other plurals that change?

[Maui_Bartlett]

The added kahakō is an exception to the general rule (where the word stays the same), but there are some other plurals that have it as well, like makua -> mākua and kaikamahine -> kaikamāhine.

[kileli]

Mahalo! I take it kaikamāhine ultimately comes from keiki + wāhine?

[Maui_Bartlett]

Pololei! That's right.

[JourdanOwe]

I dont have the accents either

[WiscoMaui]

How do I put accents on my phone keyboard?

[Hawaii_Lvr5346]

Just a little feedback - I was at the end of the lesson and it only had the options for the correct answer. I do not know if other people have this problem or if it was a small glitch, I just wanted to mention it.
Thanks
Hawaii