Māori Grammar

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 motokā.
By car.

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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