Aloha is Just A Secondhand (Accusative of) Motion

Judd's chapters 5 and  6 introduce the the perfect (I have done) and pluperfect (I had done), although it does seem rather odd the Chapter 6 exercises do not include any sentence which contain the pluperfect. The pluperfect tense, in languages which possess it, is much less common then the perfect or past tenses, and possibly even unnecessary, but onwould think even a rare tense would appear in the exercise of the relevant chapter.

The matter which appears more prominently in the Chapter 6 exercise, despite its introduction in a footnote, is the indication of the object of the verb by the preposition i, or "to". The use of a directional marker to indicate the direct object is not unique to Hawaiian - in fact it is fairly common among the languages of the world as an as an easily grasped metaphor for an occasionally abstract concept. In Latin, for example, the accusative is used both as the case for the direct object and the case for motion towards a city (or small island). Although obscure hamlets and large islands require a preposition before the noun in the accusative case, the accusative case alone suffices for cites and small islands. This distinction provides a  middle ground between the use of accusative as a prepositional phrase and the accusative as the direct object; in other words, herein lies the distinction between transitive and intransitive verbs.

Chapter5
1. Ua hahai lakou. They have followed.
2. Ua paani makou. We have played.
3. Ke hoole nei oukou. You refuse.
4. Ke nana nei au. I observe.
5. Ua kamailio makou. We have conversed.
6. Ke minoaka nei oia. He smiles.
7. Ua aloha olua. You two have loved.
8. Ke holoi nei laua. They two wash.
9. Ke wehe nei oe. You open.
10. Ua maa oia. He is accustomed ("is accustomed" is a single verb).

Chapter 6
1. Ke ike nei makou i ka hale pohaku. We see the stone house.
2. Ke wehe nei oia i ka puka. I open the door.
3. Ke nana nei kakou i ke keena moe. We observe the bed-room.
4. Ua ike lakou i ka puka aniani. They have seen the window.
5. Ke hoopaa nei oia i ka hale maluna. It holds fast the roof.
6. Ua nalo ka hale pili. The grass house is out of sight.
7. Ua hana lakou i ka hale laau. They made the frame house. (A fait accompli!)
8. Ke pani nei laua i ka puka. They two shut the door.
9. Ke holoi nei oia i ka lanai. He washes the porch.
10. Ke imi nei oia i ka hale kuka. He searches for the kitchen.