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.
Haere ai ia mā runga pahikara ki te mahi ia ata ia ata.
He always goes to work by bike every morning.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.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 poti ahau haere ai.
I travelled by boat.Kei te haere koe mā runga aha?
How are you travelling?Ka tae mai a Pāora mā runga motukā.
Pāora travelled by car.Mā runga waka tere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by ferry.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 a Mere mā runga i te pahikara o Makere.
Mere is going on Mikaere's bike.Ka haere ia mā runga motukā.
She went by car.Kāore ahau e āhei te hīkoi mā raro.
I can't walk.Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.Ka haere au mā runga motokā.
I will travel by car.Mā runga kutarere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by scooter.Ka haere koe mā runga i te aha?
How are you going? (travelling).Ka haere ia mā runga i tana motukā.
She went by her car.Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā o Tim.
She went on Tim's car.Mā runga motokā ahau haere ai.
I travelled by car.Ka haere māua mā runga pahi.
We (he/she and I) will travel by bus.Mā runga i tō waka tātou haere ai.
We are travelling by your car.Me mā runga tereina ki Te Awamutu.
They are going by train to Te Awamutu.I haere rāua mā runga pahi.
Those who travelled by bus.Kei te hoki rātou mā runga i te pahi.
They are returning by bus.Ka tae mai a Mere mā runga aha?
What did Mere travel on (transport)?I haere mai au mā runga papa wīra.
I came by skateboard.I tae mai ia mā runga hoiho.
He arrived on horse back.Kei te haere a Ataahua rāua ko Koa mā runga i te motukā.
Ataahua and Koa are travelling by car.Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina mō te rua haora.
We went to town by train for two hours.Ka haere koe ki Tāmaki-makau-rau mā runga i te tereina?
Are you going to Auckland by train?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 au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.Mā runga pahi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bus.Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.Kei te haere au mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I am travelling by plane.Ki te haere koe mā raro, ka tōmuri kope.
If you go on foot, you will be late.Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina.
We went to town by train.Mā runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.Ka rongo a Manu, ka hihiri kia hoe atu ia mā runga i te waka.
Manu heard, and wanted to paddle there by canoe.Ko wai ka haere mā runga hōiho?
Who goes by horse?Ka haere mā runga i te hōiho kerei.
Let's go on the grey horse.Kei te haere ia mā runga wakarererangi.
He/she is travelling by plane.Ka haere koe mā runga aha?
How will you travel?Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā.
She went by the car.I haere mai au mā runga motokā.
I came by car.Mā runga pahikara ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bike.Mā runga waka rererangi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by plane.Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.Mā runga aha?
On what (will you travel)?Kei te haere koe mā runga i te aha?
How are you travelling?Me haere tātou mā raro.
We should go by foot.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.