"We are careful when we go there."

Translation: Akahele kākou ke hele i laila.

[RonRGB]

mākou = we, us (plural, exclusive, Gram. 8.2)

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%2ctextpeplace%2ctextclark%2ctextchd-----0-1l--11-en-Zz-1---Zz-1-home-mākou--00-4-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-00-0utfZz-8-00&a=d&d=D120605

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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

[ulsfqt]

Why not 'ma laila'?

[Hawaiian-German]

"ma laila" is more "there in that place" - like it is hot in that place - Wela ma laila. "i laila" is more "going towards that place". Same with "ma uka" vs "i uka", and "ma kai" vs "i kai" - the "ma" is already there, and the "i" is going towards there.

[Graeme721848]

How is ‘ke hele’ = we go. I thought of various structures but not this one

[GaryBisaga]

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. :-)

[Graeme721848]

Thanks again for a grammar link. It seems because it is ‘when we go’. Cheers