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rongo - to hear, perceive, feel

I rongo a Rangi i te kurī.
Rangi heard the dog.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

Kua rongo au kei te haere mai koe.
I heard you were coming.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua rongo koe i te waiata hou?
Have you heard the new song?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua rongo rātou i te kai.
They (3/+) have perceived (tasted, smelt) the food.
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

Kua rongo koe i te tītī?
Have you heard the muttonbird?
Simple sentences: past completed tense - kua

I rongo au i a ia e ngongoro ana.
I heard him snoring.
Sentences with a subclause - e... ana

Ka rongo a Pāora, ka hihiri kia hoe atu ia runga i te waka.
Pāora heard, and wanted to paddle there by canoe.
Travelling by means of - mā runga

Kāore anō koe kia rongo i te waiata hou?
Haven't you heard the new song yet?
Negations of kua (I haven't yet...) - Kāore ano... kia...

Kāore koe i rongo i te ? Karekau!
Didn't you feel the earthquake? No, I didn't!
there wasn't any... absolutely no... - Kāore kau...

E ai ki ngā rongo kua taumaha a ia, mea ake ka hemo.
They say he's very ill, and it won't be long at all before he dies.
All of a sudden - Mea ake

Ka rongo tētahi tangata i ngā kōrero a taua tangata nei.
A man heard what this man here said.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka rongo ahau i tētahi waiata pai i tēnei .
I heard a nice song today.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka rongo a Taika i te whakapū ahi.
Taika heard the fire siren.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Ka rongo tana whaea i tana ui ki te hinu rautangi.
His mother listened to his question about scented oil.
Ka used to indicate the past - ka

Kia kaha ki te kōrero, kia rongo ai mātau.
Speak loudly so we can hear you.
In order to... - kia... ai...

Kua rongo rātou i te kai.
They (3/+) have tasted/smelled the food.

I rongo koe i tana kōrero?
Have you heard what he said.

I rongo ahai i te kōkī a ngā manu.
I heard the dawn chorus.

Kua rongo koe?
Have you heard?

Kia rongo tātou i ngā kōrero katoa
[Wait] until we hear all of the relevant information.

I rongo kōrua?
Did you hear?

Rongo mai, rongo mai!
Listen up!

reira pea te matua o to kōtiro ka rongo ai ki reo.
Perhaps as a result, the girl's mother will hear you calling.

Ke hongi te ihu ki te hauāuru; kua rongo i te haunga o tōna ariki.
He sniffed the winds of the west, and recognised the scent of his master.

I rongo au i tētahi manu e tangi ana.
I heard a bird singing.

I rongo ia i te turituri .
He heard a noise.

He mahinga ngātahi ki waenga i Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori me Countown e āhei ai te kaihoko ki te rongo i te reo Māori i ngā paeutu kaihoko.
A collaboration between Te Taura Whiri i te Reo Māori (The Māori Language Commission) and Countdown sees customers able to use self-checkouts in te reo Māori.

Ka rongo te iwi katoa.
All the tribe heard.

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