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"Today is Monday."
Translation:ʻO ka Pōʻakahi kēia.
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ʻO ka pōʻahia kēia? = What day is this?
ʻO ka Pōʻakahi kēia. Today is Monday.
{Nā lā o ka pule = The days of the week}
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ʻekahi - Monday = ka Pōʻakahi
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ʻelua - Tuesday = ka Pōʻalua
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ʻekolu - Wednesday = ka Pōʻakolu
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ʻehā - Thursday = ka Pōʻahā
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ʻelima - Friday = ka Pōʻalima
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ʻeono - Saturday = ka Pōʻaono
Sunday = ka Lāpule
Which day? = ka pōʻahia?
Maybe in context "keia" is clear enough as "today" instead of "this" generally? Can someone who actually knows answer?
That’s correct, either one would work but by context you know “kēia” is referring to a day. That kind of construct with kēia/kēnā/kēlā iā fairly common from what I’ve seen: for example you can say something like “He pāpale kēia mea” (this thing is a hat), but it would be more common to say “He pāpale kēia.”
I wish they would rephrase this as, "This is Monday." Then we would all get it right. The way they phrase it gives no cue for us to think of using kēia. It looks like a literal translation would be, "ʻO Monday this." Shouldnʻt we be trying to learn to think in the Hawaiian syntax and grammar and move toward real fluency?
So, if "'O ka Põ'akahi kēia" = Today is Monday, then "He ka Põ'akahi kēia" = ???
I think it would be:
He Pōʻakahi kēia. = Today is a Monday. or This is a Monday.
like
He waʻa kēlā. = That is a canoe.
He pua kēia. = This is a flower.
He pia kēnā. = That (near me) is a beer.
