Māori Grammar
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Means of travel uses mā runga. This is used to say how someone got from A to B or how they will get there.
I haere au mā runga motokā.
I traveled by car.
I haere mai au mā runga paihikara.
I came by bike.
I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came by bus.
If someone walks (that is, travels by foot) mā raro is used.
I tae mai ia mā raro.
He arrived on foot.
Ka haere au mā raro.
I'm walking.
Ka haere ia mā raro.
She walked.
Kāore ahau e āhei te hīkoi mā raro.
I can't walk.Mā runga motokā ahau haere ai.
I travelled by car.Kāore au i te taraiwa, ka haere mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I'm not driving, I'm going by plane.Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina mō te rua haora.
We went to town by train for two hours.Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.Ka rongo a Aroha, ka hihiri kia hoe atu ia mā runga i te waka.
Aroha heard, and wanted to paddle there by canoe.Ka tae mai a Mere mā runga aha?
What did Mere travel on (transport)?Mā runga pahikara ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bike.I tae mai ia mā runga hoiho.
He arrived on horse back.Mā runga waka tere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by ferry.Mā runga waka rererangi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by plane.Ka haere au mā runga motokā.
I will travel by car.I haere mai au mā runga motokā.
I came by car.Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.Kei te haere a Rangi rāua ko Mia mā runga i te motukā.
Rangi and Mia are travelling by car.Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina.
We went to town by train.Ka haere mā runga i te hōiho kerei.
Let's go on the grey horse.Kei te haere koe mā runga i te aha?
How are you travelling?Kei te haere au mā runga waka rererangi.
I am travelling by plane.Kei te haere ia mā runga wakarererangi.
He/she is travelling by plane.I haere mai au mā runga papa wīra.
I came by skateboard.Mā runga aha?
On what (will you travel)?Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā.
She went by the car.Kei te hoki rātou mā runga i te pahi.
They are returning by bus.Ka haere koe mā runga i te aha?
How are you going? (travelling).Ka haere koe ki Tāmaki-makau-rau mā runga i te tereina?
Are you going to Auckland by train?Kei te haere koe mā runga aha?
How are you travelling?Haere ai ia mā runga pahikara ki te mahi ia ata ia ata.
He always goes to work by bike every morning.Ki te haere koe mā raro, ka tōmuri kope.
If you go on foot, you will be late.Mā runga poti ahau haere ai.
I travelled by boat.I haere rāua mā runga pahi.
Those who travelled by bus.Mā runga kutarere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by scooter.Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.Me haere tātou mā raro.
We should go by foot.Kei te haere a Mere mā runga i te pahikara o Makere.
Mere is going on Mikaere's bike.Mā runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.Ka kaha ake taku hāereere haere mā raro, ka iti ake hoki taku haere ki ngā toa.
I walk more, and I go to the shops less.Ko wai ka haere mā runga hōiho?
Who goes by horse?Kei te haere au mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I am travelling by plane.Kei te haere ahau ki te kura mā runga pahi, engari kei te haere koe ki te toa mā raro.
I'm going to school by bus but you're walking to the shop.Mā runga pahi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bus.Ka haere mātou mā runga i te motokā o tōku matua.
We (but not you) will go in my father's car.I haere mātou ko aku hoa mā runga i te waka o Betsy ki te takutai, ki Te Māhia.
Me and my friends went on Betsy's car to the beach, to Māhia.Ka haere ia mā runga motukā.
She went by car.Mā runga i tō waka tātou haere ai.
We are travelling by your car.Ka tae mai a Taika mā runga motukā.
Taika travelled by car.Ka haere ia mā runga i tana motukā.
She went by her car.Ka haere au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.Ka haere koe mā runga aha?
How will you travel?I haere koutou mā runga aha?
How did you come?Me mā runga tereina ki Te Awamutu.
They are going by train to Te Awamutu.Ka haere māua mā runga pahi.
We (he/she and I) will travel by bus.Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā o Tim.
She went on Tim's car.