Now that Duolingo has driven customers away by closing the Hawaiian discussion groups and forum, I hope it OK to post questions here?
In Habits/3 today I bumped into "She brushes her hair each morning." Translated as "Palaki ʻo ia i kona lauoho i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka." I can't see for the life of me how "i kēlā me kēia kakahiaka." translates into "Every Morning".
Is this just a convoluted phrase to our ears "That and this morning" that has to be learned by rote?
And, I see "a", "a me" and now "me" all used as "and". Is there any rule as to which to use where, or is it just a matter of choice and which sounds better?
Mahalo! ;-)
Just found out that a can be used to connect two nouns if it's followed by 'o or i! So "Hele 'o Māmā a 'o Pāpā i O'ahu a i Hawai'i."