"He poke ʻono kēia!"

Translation: This is tasty poke!

[jt_air]

I answered " this poke is delicious" how come that was incorrect?

[Hawaiian-German]

This is tasty poke! = He poke ʻono kēia!

This poke is tasty! = 'Ono kēia poke!

[Jessi784299]

I think it's because of the sentence structure. This type of Hawaiian sentence is made up of two parts: [a tasty poke] and [this]. The second part is the subject, so in this case, "This" is the subject of the sentence. The two parts get switched around in English to [This] (is) [tasty poke]! Even though the meaning is basically the same, I think the course is trying to teach the Hawaiian sentence structure :D

(Someone in another thread compared the word-order to Yoda-speak, i.e. "A tasty poke, this is!") :D

[jt_air]

correct you are!

[Jessi784299]

:D

[Laamaikahi]

if ʻheʻ is ʻaʻ, why is ʻthis is a tasty pokeʻ not accepted?

[jt_air]

this poke is tasty - also marked incorrect! geez picky!

[OldWahine]

Mahalo all of you. I think I've got it.