Māori Grammar

Travelling by means of - mā runga

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Rangi has been to Taupō on his friend's helicopter

mā runga

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

Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.

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

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

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 ahau haere ai.
I travelled by car.

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.

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga motokā.
By car.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.

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

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

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

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

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

Mā runga tereina.
By train.

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

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

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

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

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

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