runga

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Kei runga tāu pene whero i tāu tēpu tari.
Your red pen is on your desk.
- this is an example of a locative sentence

runga is also used to indicate means of transport, for example:

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

or

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

but

I tae mai ia mā raro.
He arrived on foot.



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