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"the boy"
Translation:ke keiki kāne
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Yep, the translation is "ke keiki kāne", but I only had 3 options and none of them were right
It's probably because they made a mistake. Just click "Report a problem" and hit "my answer should have been accepted" before providing further explanation in the edit box.
Weird, none of the options were 'Ke keiki kane,' but there was 'keiki kane' which means boy, but not THE boy, but I chose it and I got it right.
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Some of these mistakes about “the boy” are over a year old- they haven’t fixed them yet.
Because "keiki" starts with the letter "k". The article "ke" is used only with words that start either with the letter "k", "e", "a", or "o". This is called the KEAO rule, and there are some exceptions to it.
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10/10/19 - "keiki kane" was marked correctly (it is not!), but ke keiki kane is STILL not given as a choice. Also - no option to report this mistake; report flag only allows "The English sentence is unnatural or has an error."
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The article is missing in the choice. there was no "ke keiki kāne" as an option yet "keiki kāne" is marked correct when it is not.
I believe the correct translation for "the boy" is "ke keiki kane ". Duolingo counted this as incorrect.
I know it's ke and not ka for ke keiki kāne but the right option wasn't even available
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If you hold down the relevant letter on your keyboard for just a tiny bit longer than normal, you should get a pop-up that gives you accent options. If it doesn't happen, try checking your keyboard settings. Also, you might check for additional language download options for the keyboard you are using. (Hawaiian is definitely available for some keyboards!)
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It still asks you to select the wrong answer. It only accepts keiki kāne for the translation of "the boy".
