"Is this fresh milk?"

Translation: He waiū hou kēia?

[Johannes975076]

Is "hou" used for "fresh" (like in this sentence) and for "more" (like in " makemake hou au i ka i'a")?

[Maui_Bartlett]

"Hou" can often be translated as "fresh", "new", or "again". In this sentence since "hou" is modifying a noun "waiū", it makes sense for it to be translated as "fresh" or "new". In the sentence "Makemake hou au i ka iʻa", "hou" is modifying the transitive verb "makemake". The whole sentence could be translated as "I want more fish" OR "I want fish again".

[LopakaDeck]

Cuzn is dat u

[MitchTalmadge]

Why is it "He waiū ..." And not "Ke waiū ..."

[scarvbarv]

"He" is an indicator of equivalence. If a sentence is saying that one thing is another, the first word will probably be "he".

In this case, it breaks down to:

WORD FOR WORD

(Is equivalent to) milk fresh that

Or, A BIT MORE ENGLISH-FRIENDLY

That is equivalent to fresh milk

Or (SINCE IT'S A QUESTION)

Is that (equivalent to) fresh milk?

[RebeccaEst77953]

could momona also mean fresh