Māori Grammar

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Te Reo Māori Level 2
Travelling by means of - mā runga

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

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

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

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

I haere koutou runga aha?
How did you come?

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

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

runga kutarere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by scooter.

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

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

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

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

I haere mātou ko aku hoa 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.

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

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

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

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

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

runga aha?
On what (will you travel)?

Ka haere koe runga aha?
How will you travel?

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

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

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

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

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

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

runga poti ahau haere ai.
I travelled by boat.

runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

runga motokā ahau haere ai.
I travelled by car.

runga pahikara ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bike.

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

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

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

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

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

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

I haere au runga motokā.
I traveled by car.

runga tereina.
By train.

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

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

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

runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

Ka haere ia runga motukā.
She went by car.

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

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

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

runga motokā.
By car.

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

Ka tae mai a Koa runga motukā.
Koa travelled by car.

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

runga pahi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bus.

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

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