Aloha e @Jolene560924 , this is really a question of Hawaiian sentence patterns. I will try to answer your question through some examples below.

Equational Sentence Pattern: A = B

• ʻOno ka laiki. The rice is delicious.
• Wela kēia laiki. This rice is hot.
• ʻAʻole anuanu kēia lā. Today is not cold.
• ʻO Kekoa koʻu inoa. My name is Kekoa.

Action+subject+object Simple Pattern

• ʻAi au i ka laiki. I eat the rice.
• Hele ʻoe i ka hale kūʻai. You go to the store.
• ʻAʻole makemake ʻo Kaʻiulani i ka poi. Kaʻiulani does not like/want poi.

I hope this helps! To answer your question very simply, itʻs because it is using an equational sentence pattern ;3.