Hawaiian: nouns that starts with vowel
Aloha !
I'm learning my very first words of hawaiian, and I have some difficulties with the plural of nouns.
Ke aupuni : the kingdom --> Nā aupuni ?? : the kingdoms?
I think there's too many '-a', but Nā 'upuni looks weird, doesn't it ?
I don't know what to do...
What is the plural of
ke ali'i : the chief
ke akua : the god
And something else.
I've learnt the rule, that I should say 'ke' in front of words starting with k,e,a,o.
But what about words starting with ē, ā, ō ?
My guess is I should say ke as ē = ee, ā = aa ...
And what about words starting with 'e, 'a, 'o ?
My guess is I should say ka as okina is a consonnant
Am I right ?
Mahalo for helping me ! :)