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"We are careful when we go there."
Translation:Akahele kākou ke hele i laila.
August 16, 2019
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mākou = we, us (plural, exclusive, Gram. 8.2)
Page 107, Pronouns 8.2, Table 13 Hawaiian Pronouns
Link: http://ulukau.org/elib/collect/hawaiiangrammar/index/assoc/D0.dir/doc132.pdf
inclusive: kāua, kākou
exclusive: māua, mākou
Ke is used in some relative constructions like this. See for example
https://hawaiian-grammar.org/current/#h.6u1scdrtobqm
I like to think of this “ke” like Italian “che” or Spanish “que”. Whatever crutch works. :-)