Kei te ruku pāua a Manu.
Manu is diving for pāua.
- he tauira tēnei o tētahi rerenga kupu mahi
I ruku ngā kōtiro ki roto i ngā ngaru.
The girls plunged into the waves.
- he tauira tēnei o tētahi rerenga kupu mahi
Haere mai e tama, rukuhia ngā pāua a Tangaroa nei.
Come here son, dive for the pāua belonging to Tangaroa.
- this is an example of a passive sentence
- this is an example of using "a" possession