"Pōloli ka ʻōpū."

Translation: I am hungry.

[rabelon]

The way to say this is pololi au, but apparently, the lesson is to teach the idiomatic statement over the more straightforward one.

[Kamakea1]

On the one hand, there is the learning of the grammar. But equally important is the learning of Hawaiian thinking.

[rabelon]

Absolutely!

[BarbaraLea954887]

Why no "au"?

[RonRGB]

It is an idiomatic expression like (My stomach is growling.) which means: I am hungry.

The sentenceʻs literal means is: The stomach is hungry.

[AlanAbonyi]

How would you turn that around into a question?
Pōloli ʻoe?

[rabelon]

Yes.

[MacKinzieRob]

kinda similar in Japanese "お腹がすきました"