"Who will pay the tip?"
Translation:ʻO wai ka mea e uku i ka uku lawelawe?
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Maybe they changed the content of the previous categories to include some more advanced sentence structures, but I have no idea why this is formed like this. What's the purpose of "ka mea" in this sentence?
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mea
-- 3 n. Person or thing that does, is, did, or was.
Perhaps:
Who is the person to pay the tip?
Who is the one to pay the tip?
ʻO wai / Who is
ka mea e uku / the person to pay
i ka uku lawelawe? / the tip?
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Chasavaqe, I was wondering the same thing. "Ka mea" usually indicates a thing such as "ka mea pa'ani" the play-thing, or the toy. "Ka mea" here is used with 'O wai, a person. Of course, I see no problem with "'O wai e uku..." which says "Who to pay." Stating it that way eliminates the "ka mea" but seems to be the same expression.
