Māori Grammar

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

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

Kei te haere au mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I am travelling 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 i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.

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

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

Mā runga motokā ahau haere ai.
I travelled 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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga motokā.
By car.

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

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

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

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

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

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

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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