"ʻOka au i ke pā mea ʻai Pākē."

Translation: I order the Chinese plate lunch.

[kelii....]

This whole course is using common expressions in Hawai'i that people outside of Hawai'i would not automatically know. Plate lunch is one of those expressions. It is a plate of food that you would buy at a cheap eats type of restaurant. So not only are you learning Hawaiian language, you are also learning a bit about the way Hawai'i residents speak English, too.

[RonRGB]

NOTE: (ke pā / the plate and ke pākaukau / the table) are exceptions to the rule . Most words that begin with the letter (P) take (ka) / the.

Ke is typically used before words starting with K, E, A, O like ke keiki / the man and ke aliʻi / the ruler.

[Mr.Kainoa]

Sometimes "lunch" is in the translation, sometimes it's not. Feels inconsistent.

[Oceanic2]

The use of "plate lunch" or "lunch plate" should be interchangeable and not affect the outcome. Because really that's a hybrid language reference and not an actual english language reference. Duolingo, stop marking me as wrong!

[deactivated user]

I enjoyed this prompt. "Lunch" is not a required response. [Plate][food thing][Chinese] makes no reference to lunch. It is simply a Chinese food plate.