"Who is the youngest of my beloved family?"

Translation: ʻO wai ka muli loa o kuʻu ʻohana?

[lynneo]

Why do you sometimes have to only use "ku'u" (as the above exercise) and other times "ku'u...(sister/brother) punahele" to mean beloved?

[deactivated user]

Beloved? Where is that in the translation?

[KekoaMonkey]

"kuʻu" - my beloved; itʻs the "3rd" form of "my"

koʻu
kaʻu
kuʻu

[deactivated user]

I see. I missed it, mistaking it for ko'u. So "ku'u' would not be used for describing a candy bar.

[BarbaraLea954887]

Why isn't poki'i accepted when it is listed in the hints frame?

[kelii....]

Report it as Your answer should be accepted.

[rabelon]

I asked a friend who said that poki"i implies youngest sibling whereas muli loa implies youngest child. Maybe someone knows whether people interpret it that way.

[MojaveMama]

ʻO wai ka pokiʻi o kuʻu ʻohana?

Is now accepted.

[RonRGB]

kuʻu ʻohana = my beloved family

kuʻu = poss. my, mine (this form may replace both kaʻu and koʻu;

kinship terms and expresses affection.

link: http://wehewehe.org/gsdl2.85/cgi-bin/hdict?e=q-11000-00---off-0hdict--00-1----0-10-0---0---0direct-10-ED--4--textpukuielbert%2ctextmamaka%2ctextandrew%2ctextparker%2ctextchd-----0-1l--11-en-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-ku%ca%bbu--00-4-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D115858

[Cos..]

Is there a reason why "ʻO wai ka muli loa o kuʻu ʻohana punahele?" is wrong? I gave that answer and it got marked wrong, but I do not understand why. Asking here because I don't know if it's a mistake in the course, or if there is something I don't know and it really should be wrong.

[kelii....]

punahele means favorite instead of beloved. That is probably why that did not accept it. Punahele implies a favorite of one over another. Beloved just means that it is endearing to you. So ku‘u would be better to express that.

[WahineKahiko]

I think what you said was “my beloved favorite family” where “kuʻu ʻohana” is what you want