Kua rongo rātou i te kai.
They (3/+) have tasted/smelled the food.
- he tauira tēnei o tētahi rerenga kupu mahi
rongo using takes ‘i’ to mark its direct object, but can sometimes take ‘ki’.
I rangona e koe tērā haruru?
Did you hear/feel that rumble?
- this is an example of a passive sentence