"Does he text you?"

Translation: Kelekiko ʻo ia iā ʻoe?

[Mak511906]

Okay I specifically looked for an "ʻoe" bubble for this sentence and could not find one. So I removed the "iā" bubble with the thought that perhaps the "to you" might be assumed.

[kelii....]

That sounds like an error. There needs to be iā ʻoe for this.

[sebdotedu]

The word "anei" is introduced in a later lesson, but would I be able to use "anei" in this sentence?

e.g. Kelekiko ʻo ia anei iā ʻoe?

[I inserted "anei" as such in the lesson and it was marked as incorrect]

[kelii....]

It goes at the end of the verb phrase - Kelekiko anei ʻo ia anei iā ʻoe? or another example with more modifiers Kekekiko pinepine aku anei ʻo ia anei iā ʻoe?

[scarvbarv]

What does "iā" accomplish here that "i" could not?

[kelii....]

The word i goes before regular nouns and their respective definite article, demonstrative, or possessive. If it is a pronoun or a proper noun (a name), then the word i becomes iā .

[hawaiian-is-hard]

Thank you so much for this I was wondering what "i" was for!

[kelii....]

One slight exception is that iā +au = ia‘u. Otherwise, this is pretty standard.

[Debi51892]

How do I make a kahako?

[kelii....]

If you are on mobile device, hold down the vowel for accent options. For a regular computer or laptop, then you can download a Hawaiian keyboard or if you are lazy to do that like me, you can just open another tab and copy & paste off wehewehe.org.