Māori Grammar
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Means of travel uses mā runga. This is used to say how someone got from A to B or how they will get there.
I haere au mā runga motokā.
I traveled by car.
I haere mai au mā runga paihikara.
I came by bike.
I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came by bus.
If someone walks (that is, travels by foot) mā raro is used.
I tae mai ia mā raro.
He arrived on foot.
Ka haere au mā raro.
I'm walking.
Ka haere ia mā raro.
She walked.
Mā runga waka rererangi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by plane.Ka haere koe mā runga aha?
How will you travel?I haere mai au mā runga pahi.
I came by bus.Mā runga waka rererangi.
By plane.I tae mai ia mā raro.
He arrived on foot.Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina.
We went to town by train.Kei te haere a Mere mā runga i te pahikara o Makere.
Mere is going on Mikaere's bike.Mā runga papa reti.
By skateboard.Me mā runga tereina ki Te Awamutu.
They are going by train to Te Awamutu.Mā runga aha?
On what (will you travel)?Ki te haere koe mā raro, ka tōmuri kope.
If you go on foot, you will be late.Ka haere koe ki Tāmaki-makau-rau mā runga i te tereina?
Are you going to Auckland by train?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.Ka haere ia mā raro.
She walked.I haere rāua mā runga pahi.
Those who travelled by bus.Kāore ahau e āhei te hīkoi mā raro.
I can't walk.I haere koutou mā runga aha?
How did you come?Mā runga i te tereina o te ono karaka.
On the six o'clock train.Ka haere au mā runga motokā.
I will travel by car.Kei te haere au mā runga waka rererangi.
I am travelling by plane.Kei te haere ahau ki te kura mā runga pahi, engari kei te haere koe ki te toa mā raro.
I'm going to school by bus but you're walking to the shop.I tae mai ia mā runga hoiho.
He arrived on horse back.Ka haere māua mā runga pahi.
We (he/she and I) will travel by bus.Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā o Tim.
She went on Tim's car.Mā runga pahi ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bus.I tae mai ia mā runga hoiho.
He arrived on horse back.Ka haere au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.I haere mai au mā runga papa wīra.
I came by skateboard.I haere au mā runga motokā.
I traveled by car.Kei te haere au mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I am travelling by plane.Ka haere au mā raro.
I'm walking.Ka haere ia mā runga motukā.
She went by car.Kei te haere a Rangi rāua ko Rangi mā runga i te motukā.
Rangi and Rangi are travelling by car.Ka tae mai a Mere mā runga aha?
What did Mere travel on (transport)?Kei te haere ia mā runga wakarererangi.
He/she is travelling by plane.Ka haere ia mā runga i tana motukā.
She went by her car.Haere ai ia mā runga pahikara ki te mahi ia ata ia ata.
He always goes to work by bike every morning.I haere mai au mā runga motokā.
I came 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 i tō waka tātou haere ai.
We are travelling by your car.Ka haere mātou ki te tāone mā runga tereina mō te rua haora.
We went to town by train for two hours.Ka haere au ki te mahi mā runga pahikara.
I will go to work by bicycle.Ka kaha ake taku hāereere haere mā raro, ka iti ake hoki taku haere ki ngā toa.
I walk more, and I go to the shops less.Mā runga waka tere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by ferry.Ka haere koe mā runga i te aha?
How are you going? (travelling).Mā runga i te pahi.
I came by bus.Kei te haere koe mā runga aha?
How are you travelling?Ka haere mātou mā runga i te motokā o tōku matua.
We (but not you) will go in my father's car.Kei te hoki rātou mā runga i te pahi.
They are returning by bus.Mā runga motokā ahau haere ai.
I travelled by car.Me haere tātou mā raro.
We should go by foot.Kei te tae mai ia mā runga i te pahi.
She is arriving by bus.Ka haere ia mā runga i te motukā.
She went by the car.Mā runga pahikara ahau haere ai.
I travelled by bike.Mā runga poti ahau haere ai.
I travelled by boat.Kāore au i te taraiwa, ka haere mā runga i te waka rererangi.
I'm not driving, I'm going by plane.Mā runga kutarere ahau haere ai.
I travelled by scooter.Kei te haere koe mā runga i te aha?
How are you travelling?I tae mai ia mā raro.
He arrived on foot.I haere mai au mā runga paihikara.
I came by bike.Ka rongo a Hēmi, ka hihiri kia hoe atu ia mā runga i te waka.
Hēmi heard, and wanted to paddle there by canoe.