I. Stative Phrases: Something Is in a Particular State or Condition
Directions: Translate the English sentences into Hawaiian using the Stative pattern. Include a slash mark “/” between the two parts of each sentence. Write your answers by hand on a separate sheet of paper. Once you have tried your best to do them all, tap each sentence to check your answer.
Under each sentence are the main memeʻa content words that you will need. The kaʻi words you will need are «ka/ke» (the), «kēlā» (thatOT – that over there), and «kēia» (this here). The answer for #1 is included here as an example for you: This cat is sleepy. → «Māluhiluhi / kēia pōpoki.»
II. Action Phrases: Something Is Doing Something
Directions: Using the stative sentences from Part I to set the context, translate the action sentences into Hawaiian on your separate piece of paper. For each one, first read the stative sentence (shown above it) out loud to yourself and then make your translation of the action sentence. The two sentences are related. When you are done with them all, tap each one to check your answer.
Note: To avoid having your ʻŌlelo sound like English, you should usually leave out the ENG idea of “it” as the direct object in Hawaiian. In HAW, if the object is understood, it should be left out in almost all cases. Thus I say to all my students: “Leave ‘it’ out. Just leave it out.”
You will need one more kaʻi to complete these translations: «ia». The kaʻi «ia» means “the thing already mentioned” and is shown below as “thatAF”.
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