Māori Grammar

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Rangi has been to Taupō on his friend's helicopter

mā runga

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.

Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina.
We went to town by train.

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

Ka haere koe mā runga i te aha?
How are you going? (travelling).

Kei te haere a Mere mā runga i te pahikara o Makere.
Mere is going on Mikaere's bike.

Ka haere mātou mā runga i te motokā o tōku matua.
We (but not you) will go in my father's car.

Kei te haere ia mā runga wakarererangi.
He/she is travelling by plane.

I haere mai au mā runga motokā.
I came by car.

Ka haere au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.

Mā runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.

Ka tae mai a Mere mā runga aha?
What did Mere travel on (transport)?

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina mō te rua haora.
We went to town by train for two hours.

I tae mai ia mā raro.
He arrived on foot.

Mā runga waka rererangi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by plane.

Kei te hoki rātou mā runga i te pahi.
They are returning by bus.

I haere rāua mā runga pahi.
Those who travelled by bus.

Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā.
She went by the car.

I tae mai ia mā runga hoiho.
He arrived on horse back.

Ki te haere koe mā raro, ka tōmuri kope.
If you go on foot, you will be late.

Ka haere au mā raro.
I'm walking.

Ka haere mā runga i te hōiho kerei.
Let's go on the grey horse.

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.

Kei te haere koe mā runga i te aha?
How are you travelling?

Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā o Tim.
She went on Tim's car.

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

Kei te tae mai ia mā runga i te pahi.
She is arriving by bus.

Mā runga poti ahau haere ai.
I travelled by boat.

Mā runga pahi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bus.

I haere au mā runga motokā.
I traveled by car.

I tae mai ia mā runga hoiho.
He arrived on horse back.

Ko wai ka haere mā runga hōiho?
Who goes by horse?

Haere ai ia mā runga pahikara ki te mahi ia ata ia ata.
He always goes to work by bike every morning.

Kei te haere au mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I am travelling by plane.

Ka tae mai a Rangi mā runga motukā.
Rangi travelled by car.

Mā runga pahikara ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bike.

Ka haere ia mā runga motukā.
She went by car.

I haere mai au mā runga papa wīra.
I came by skateboard.

Mā runga motokā ahau haere ai.
I travelled by car.

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.

Ka haere māua mā runga pahi.
We (he/she and I) will travel by bus.

Mā runga waka tere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by ferry.

Mā runga motokā.
By 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.

Kāore ahau e āhei te hīkoi mā raro.
I can't walk.

Ka haere au mā runga motokā.
I will travel by car.

Kāore au i te taraiwa, ka haere mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I'm not driving, I'm going by plane.

I haere koutou mā runga aha?
How did you come?

Kei te haere au mā runga waka rererangi.
I am travelling by plane.

Mā runga kutarere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by scooter.

Me mā runga tereina ki Te Awamutu.
They are going by train to Te Awamutu.

Ka haere ia mā raro.
She walked.

Kei te haere koe mā runga aha?
How are you travelling?

I tae mai ia mā raro.
He arrived on foot.

Ka haere koe mā runga aha?
How will you travel?

Mā runga i tō waka tātou haere ai.
We are travelling by your car.

Ka haere koe ki Tāmaki-makau-rau mā runga i te tereina?
Are you going to Auckland by train?

I haere mai au mā runga paihikara.
I came by bike.

Ka haere ia mā runga i tana motukā.
She went by her car.

Mā runga aha?
On what (will you travel)?

Me haere tātou mā raro.
We should go by foot.

I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came by bus.

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

Kei te haere a Hera rāua ko Honi mā runga i te motukā.
Hera and Honi are travelling by car.

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

Ka haere au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.

I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came by bus.