Māori Grammar

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

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

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

I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came 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 kutarere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by scooter.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

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

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga motokā.
By car.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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