Māori Grammar

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

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

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

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

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

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

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

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

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga motokā.
By car.

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

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

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

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

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