Articles and Markers

Ka, Ke, a me He

About this concept

Definite articles ka/ke (the) - 'ke' before words starting with k, e, a, o, or ʻ; 'ka' elsewhere. Indefinite 'he' (a/an). ʻO marks proper nouns and pronouns as subjects.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~30 cards at level A1.

Examples

ka halethe house

ke keikithe child

he wahinea woman

ʻO Kawika koʻu hoaaloha.Kawika is my friend.

Concepts that build on this

DemonstrativesA1 Existential and Locational SentencesA1 Common Nouns and ObjectsA1 Basic Possessive SentencesA1 Possessive Classes (A-class and O-class)A2 Plurals and QuantityA2

More A1 concepts

Alphabet and PronunciationPapa Hua ʻŌlelo Basic Sentence Structure (VSO)Pepeke Henua Personal PronounsPapainoa Pilikino NumbersHua Helu DemonstrativesʻŌlelo Kuhikuhi

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