Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 waka rererangi.
By plane.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Kei te tae mai ia mā runga i te pahi.
She is arriving 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 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 rongo a Honi, ka hihiri kia hoe atu ia mā runga i te waka.
Honi heard, and wanted to paddle there by canoe.

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

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

Mā runga motokā.
By car.

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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