Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

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

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

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga motokā.
By car.

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 au mā runga motokā.
I traveled by car.

I haere mai au mā runga papa wīra.
I came 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 a Kauri rāua ko Manu mā runga i te motukā.
Kauri and Manu are travelling by car.

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

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