"ʻO ka makahiki ʻelua kaukani ʻumikūmāiwa kēia."

Translation: It's the year two thousand nineteen.

[einewhall]

Why is keia at the end of the sentence rather than at the beginning ('O keia ka makahiki....)?

[KekoaMonkey]

Aloha e @einewhall , ʻae they are both correct translations. The distinction is in the emphasis placed, when comparing the two sentences. Your example, with " ʻO kēia" in the front, would actually emphasize that you are pointing out this year / this time right now in particular as being 2019.

Contrast the following sentences in English:

-Itʻs the year 2019.

• IT IS the year 2019.

• It is this year , that is the year 2019.

Notice how in English we require a lot of filler words or intonation to create emphasis in this particular sentence pattern? Hawaiian can create that same affect by carefully reordering phrases within a sentence in this particular case.

I hope this helps!! But yes, both should be accepted as answers.

[HylianGirl663]

I typed in IT IS the year 2019 and it said it was wrong. It's not really fair that you have to include that "it's" instead of "it is".

[rabelon]

Yes. I have long complained that DL needs to eliminate all unnecessary contractions.

[Redeem3D]

Now it WAS. :) ‘O ka makahiki ‘elua kaukani ‘iwakalua kēia!

[Hawaiian-German]

Why is "This is the year 2019" not accepted? And if it really is not correct, how would you say "This is the year 2019"?

[HylianGirl663]

"It's the year two thousand and nineteen" should be accepted as a correct answer as well.

[GeraldMath4]

I don't see the problem with "It's the year 2019."