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"How many hats does that woman have?"
Translation:ʻEhia pāpale o kēlā wahine?
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ʻEhia pāpale o kēlā wahine? = How many hats does that woman have?
(one possible answer) Hoʻokahi pāpale o kēlā wahine. = That woman has one hat.
I don't understand why kēlā is now appearing in front of the subject instead of behind it though.
Pepeke Nonoʻa Me Ka Huahelu
Possessive sentences with numbers (Having / possessing a number of something)
(Number) Thing being possessed + (o/a) Thing/person possessing it
ʻElima..................pāpale.........................o...................[kēlā] wahine.
Five.......................hats............................of..................[that] woman.
[That] woman has five hats.
(This is one of the sentence patterns for telling the amount of things someone has.)
ʻElima pāpale o kēlā wahine. = That woman has five hats.
Ka Leo ʻŌiwi | Episode 12
Look at the time segment [7:30] to [9:16] in the Hawaiian language video. Perhaps it will help you out.
Link: https://youtu.be/yRNJpx4p9cQ
One can also use other [determiners] in front of woman, such as ka wahine, kēia wahine.
ʻEhia.................. pāpale........................ o ..................[kēia] wahine?
How many..........hats............................of..................[this] woman?
(English translation)
How many hats does [this] woman have?
ʻEhia..................pāpale........................o....................[ka] wahine?
How many...........hats.........................of...................[the] woman?
(English translation)
How many hats does [the] woman have?
Ka Pepeke ʻAike He
[HE] is a [kaʻi / determiner], usually translated as a or an in English. The pepeke ʻaike: he is used to express, is a …, am a …, as in: He is a police officer. , I am a student. , You are a police officer. , etc.
He waʻa………. kēlā.
(is) a canoe……….that
That is a canoe.
He pua...….kēlā.
(is) a flower…..that
That is a flower.
He haumāna……….au.
(am) a student……………I
I am a student.
He mākaʻi……………..….ʻoe.
(are) a police officer………….you.
You are a police officer.
He ua….. kēia.
(is) a rain……this.
This is a rain.
