"ʻAʻole ʻoe i ʻoka i ka wai?"

Translation: Didn't you order water?

[Chasavaqe]

Can someone please explain when you use "i" with "ʻoka"? I'm not noticing a pattern.

[BarbaraLea954887]

Does "i 'oka" here represent past tense?

[GeraldMath4]

Sometimes I get shot down for leaving out the "the." Why does "ka" mean "(some)" here?

[Kamakea1]

'A'ole 'oe i 'oka i wai? = Didn't you order some water.
'A'ole 'oe i 'oka i ka wai? = Didn't you order the water. or Didn't you order water?

[GeraldMath4]

But has anyone ever ordered water not hoping to get some water?

[Jessi784299]

ahhhh ok ! mahalo ! :D

[OldWahine]

They counted my answer correct - same as I see above here. However they have an error.

This is in tiles and I put the tiles: "Did * n't * you * order * the * water

Their response:
"You have a typo.
Did not you order the water? "
The word "not" was underlined for the correct typing.

So...1) it was tiles so I cannot have a typo. 2) there was no "not" tile. 3) "Did not you order water" would not be a good translation anyway. ...."Did you not order water" would be okay.

Oh well, just quite peculiar...