Māori Grammar

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

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

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

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

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

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

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

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 poti ahau haere ai.
I travelled by boat.

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

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

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga motokā.
By car.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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