Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

Mā runga motokā.
By car.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

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

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

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.

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

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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).

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

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

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

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

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

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

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 tere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by ferry.

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

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

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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