"ʻEhā makaaniani o Keoki?"

Translation: Does Keoki have four pairs of glasses?

[RonRGB]

Pepeke Nonoʻa Me Ka Huahelu

Having/Possessing a number of something

(number) Thing being possessed + (o or a) Thing /person possessing it

(ʻEhā)....... makaaniani....... (o).................... Keoki

(This is one of the sentence patterns for telling the amount of things someone has.) Look at the video time segment [7:30] to [9:16] in the Link (Ka Leo ʻŌiwi | Episode 12)

https://youtu.be/yRNJpx4p9cQ

ʻEhā makaaniani o Keoki? = Does Keoki have four pairs of glasses?

(possible answer) ʻAe, ʻehā makaaniani o Keoki. = Yes, Keoki has four pairs of glasses.

(possible answer) ʻAʻohe makaaniani o Keoki. = Keoki does not have any glasses.

(ʻAʻohe) is a contraction of the negative ʻaʻole (no) and he (a), the indefinite article.

[Komota15]

This ones stumping me a bit. I read it as "keoki's four pairs of glasses?", and am wondering if there's any term or grammar rule that I'm missing that would more obviously differentiate between those two sentences.

[GeraldMath4]

Yes. I can't guess how to say "Where are Keoki's four pair of glasses?"

[MitchTalmadge]

I think it might be "ʻAuhea ʻehā makaaniani o Kaleo?"

[BethKing-M]

Okay this program USED to demand "eyeglasses" for "makaaniani" - now it won't even Accept that - now it's demanding just "glasses"
Consistency would be SO helpful in learning this language!

[Mak511906]

1) Why is it not "ko Keoki" instead of "o Keoki," and
2) There's a video? Cool! I did NOT know that! Mahalo nui for the link!