Learn Hawaiian Grammar 8: Demonstratives - This, That, These, Those

[@AandCMusic]

Seriously... your material on Ōlelo Hawaiʻi is unrivaled. Truly the pinnacle of instructional content. Mahalo, mahalo, mahalo nui loa!

[@jandunn169]

You are clearing up so many mysteries from my former haphazard approach to understanding Hawaiian. Mahalo nut loa!!!

[@michelleweversadventures]

So very clear ! Mahalo!

[@JivanNavij]

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 01:36 📖 In Hawaiian, "this" is "keia," "that" near the listener is "kena," and "that" far from both speaker and listener is "ke la." 03:44 🗣 Demonstratives change based on the location of the object relative to the speaker and the listener. 09:38 📚 To make demonstratives plural, add "mo" after them. For example, "these books" becomes "keia mau puke." 14:10 🙋 Demonstratives can also be stand-alone pronouns. The singular demonstrative remains the same for both determiner and pronoun forms. 16:05 🤔 In plural demonstratives, like "these," only the determiner form changes (e.g., "keia mau" for "these books"). The pronoun form remains singular (e.g., "I read these"). Made with HARPA AI

[@brusoares9925]

In Portuguese we use "este", "esse" and "aquele" (and the variants for female and plural (f and m. So, we have 12 diferent words) in the same way the Hawaiian.

[@PacificallyYours]

Makes you wonder why we don’t use this depth of context in English. Mahalo Nui!

[@KeAlohaNoHawaii]

Mahalo for watching!

[@saidelbasraoui5745]

Nice! Thank you :)

[@KeAlohaNoHawaii]

Mahalo for watching!

[@ashitakauniverse4430]

Mahalo Nui for your excellent teaching!!! I am also a linguist and a language teacher, and so I see very clearly how you well you explain the grammar of the language!! I have one question. To say "these women are teachers", would it be "He mau kumu keia mau wahine" ? In this case, may I repeat the plural word/ morpheme "mau" within one sentence? Or do I want to omit the second reduce the redundancy?

[@99iwaena]

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[@broytingaravsol]

is there any hawaiian word equivalent to "it"?

[@KeAlohaNoHawaii]

I think it might depend on the sentences, but I would think in most cases, you would use that third-person pronoun 'o ia. Do you have an example sentence you were thinking of that uses "it"?

[@broytingaravsol]

@@KeAlohaNoHawaii nothing there, it's just my curiosity