"kā Keoki"

Translation: Keoki's

[RonRGB]

Episode 11 of Ka Leo ʻŌiwi will help you understand possessives in Hawaiian.

Listen and watch the Hawaiian language video from time segment [5:40] to [11:50] to understand possessives.

(link) https://youtu.be/fpWk5Yl8H84

[MacKinzieRob]

But DLHawaiian has both "ko Keoki" and "kā Keoki" translated as Keoki's. With no noun, both are right but neither helps learners learn the difference between the two.

[Sherry696242]

Yes, I am still confused.

[MojaveMama]

(I'm a little late to the party...)
Think of it as "A" class and "O" class possessive/ownership/acquired later in life etc.

[scarvbarv]

Is there a default between kino O me kino A? Like if there's no object or it's multiple objects from each kino class?

If someone just asked me, "Whose is this?" And I responded, "Keoki's."

Knowing nothing else about the situation, would that be ka Keoki or ko Keoki?