Hawaiian grammar

In Hawaiian, iā is used as object marker before a pronoun or proper noun, while i is used before common nouns. Iā is also used before wai (whom). If the object is "me", i is contracted with the pronoun to iaʻu.

Both the direct and the indirect object take i or iā. The direct object generally precedes the indirect object as in English where there is a preposition before the indirect object:

Ua hāʻawi ke kanaka i ka iʻa i ka ʻīlio. PST give man fish dog The man gave the fish to the dog.

Ua hāʻawi ke kanaka i ka ʻīlio i ka iʻa. PST give man dog fish The man gave the dog to the fish.

Maori grammar

In Maori, i is used instead to mark the accusative

I kite ahau i te kurī PST see 1s ACC. DEF.SG dog I saw the dog

Hawaiian grammar

In Hawaiian, iā is used as object marker before a pronoun or proper noun, while i is used before common nouns. Iā is also used before wai (whom). If the object is "me", i is contracted with the pronoun to iaʻu.

Both the direct and the indirect object take i or iā. The direct object generally precedes the indirect object as in English where there is a preposition before the indirect object:

Ua hāʻawi ke kanaka i ka iʻa i ka ʻīlio.

PST give man fish dog

The man gave the fish to the dog.

Ua hāʻawi ke kanaka i ka ʻīlio i ka iʻa.

PST give man dog fish

The man gave the dog to the fish.

Maori grammar

In Maori, i is used instead to mark the accusative

I kite ahau i te kurī

PST see 1s ACC. DEF.SG dog

I saw the dog

Hawaiian grammar

In Hawaiian, iā is used as object marker before a pronoun or proper noun, while i is used before common nouns. Iā is also used before wai (whom). If the object is "me", i is contracted with the pronoun to iaʻu.

Both the direct and the indirect object take i or iā. The direct object generally precedes the indirect object as in English where there is a preposition before the indirect object:

Ua hāʻawi ke kanaka i ka iʻa i ka ʻīlio. PST give man fish dog The man gave the fish to the dog.

Ua hāʻawi ke kanaka i ka ʻīlio i ka iʻa. PST give man dog fish The man gave the dog to the fish.

Maori grammar

In Maori, i is used instead to mark the accusative

I kite ahau i te kurī PST see 1s ACC. DEF.SG dog I saw the dog

Hawaiian grammar

In Hawaiian, iā is used as object marker before a pronoun or proper noun, while i is used before common nouns. Iā is also used before wai (whom). If the object is "me", i is contracted with the pronoun to iaʻu.

Both the direct and the indirect object take i or iā. The direct object generally precedes the indirect object as in English where there is a preposition before the indirect object:

Ua hāʻawi ke kanaka i ka iʻa i ka ʻīlio. PST give man fish dog The man gave the fish to the dog.

Ua hāʻawi ke kanaka i ka ʻīlio i ka iʻa. PST give man dog fish The man gave the dog to the fish.

Maori grammar

In Maori, i is used instead to mark the accusative

I kite ahau i te kurī PST see 1s ACC. DEF.SG dog I saw the dog