"Kaleo is her dad."

Translation: ʻO Kaleo kona makua kāne.

[joao_o_ovo]

Can this sentence be also formed as "Kona makua kāne ʻo kaleo", or is there a strict way to form sentences in Hawaiian?

[MitchTalmadge]

I believe that sentence just needs the ʻO particle to show equality:

"ʻO kona makua kāne ʻo Kaleo"

Would appreciate a double check

[Elise356530]

Typed " ʻO kona makua kāne ʻo Kaleo" and it was marked as correct. This one and " ʻO Kaleo kona makua kāne" are both correct because the sentence structure is Pepeke ʻAike ʻO, where nouns are interchangeable. The pattern is ʻO x (ʻo) y. The sentence juste has to start with an 'O, even if it's not the third singular person or a proper noun.

ʻO kona makua kāne ʻo Kaleo = the first 'o is the one from the sentence structure, the second 'o marks a proper noun.

ʻO Kaleo kona makua kāne = The first 'O is from de sentence structure, and also marks a proper noun I guess. But no need of a second 'o because there is no other proper noun or ia.

[CaliforniaNorma]

A lingot for your excellent description. I needed this!! Mahalo!

[CATipton]

Shouldn't the English translation of this be "Her dad is Kaleo"?

[cyna1998]

And why not "He kona makua kāne 'o Kaleo"? Like in "He 'ohana 'o Kaleo"?

[Elise356530]

Because "he" means "a" or "an" in english. This is not the case here. It would be right to use it if the translation was "Kaleo is a dad". Then you use Pepeke ʻAike He whitout the "kona".

I must admit I don't understand well why there is an He in He 'ohana kākou

[Hawaiian-German]

He 'ohana kākou - implies "We are all a family"

[ArthurLest]

Not the one with the word Kaleo in if then?

[ArthurLest]

Ok there was another one