Māori Grammar

Kei te haere au mā runga i te 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.

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

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

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

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

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 waka tere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by ferry.

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

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

Mā runga motokā.
By car.

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

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

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

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.

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

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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