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Sentences that begin with ko are known as "identity sentences" and answers the question "who is?" or "who are?"
There are four possible kinds of words that follow ko.
(1) The subject can be a personal name or place:
Ko Joan tōku māmā.
Joan is my mother.
Ko Rangi tōku ingoa.
My name is Rangi.
Ko Tararua te maunga.
Tararua is the mountain.
(2) The subject can be a pronoun ("he", "she", "them", etc):
Ko ia te tama a Debbie.
He is Debbie's son.
Ko koe te manuhiri.
You are the visitor.
Ko au tā rāua tamāhine.
I am their daughter.
(3) The subject can be a noun ("the time", "the language"):
Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.
The Māori language is the life force of Māori mana.
Ko te Rātū tēnei rā.
It is Tuesday today.
Ko ngā manuhiri ērā tāngata.
Those people are the guests.
(4) The subject can also be a word like "this" and "those":
Ko tēnei te whānau.
This is the family.
Ko tērā taku tūrangawaewae.
That's my place to stand.
Ko ēnei ngā rorohiko hou.
These are the new computers.
Ko te whare tēnei.
This is the house.Ko te kāinga tūturu o Aria kei Pōneke.
As for Aria's permanent home, it's in Wellington.Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine.
Rongomai is my sister.Ko Tame tērā tangata.
That man is Tame.Ko Kayte te pōtiki o Beverley.
Kayte is the youngest child of Beverley.Ko taku hiahia he pukapuka.
A book is what I want.Ko Ngāti Hāmua tōku hapū.
Ngāti Hāmua is my sub-tribe.Ko Eruera te tangata nā.
Eruera is that person (near you).Ko tēnei he tekau tana taraka.
This is a ten ton truck.Ko Rewi te hoa o Mere.
Rewi is Mary's friend.Ko Ataahua tōku ingoa
Ataahua is my name.Ko tōku kuia tērā!
That's my nanna!Ko tēnei whare te whare o Hone.
This is Hone's house.Ko John te tungāne o Fran.
John is the brother (of a girl) of Fran.Ko Pāora mā.
Pāora and the others.Ko te kūmara tāku tūmomo huawhenua pai rawa.
Kumara is my favourite type of vegetable.Ko Wiremu tāku tāne.
Wiremu is my husband.Ko Taranaki te maunga e tū mai rā.
That mountain standing over there is Mount Taranaki.Ko Raimona tōku tino hoa.
Raimona is my best friend.Ko koe taku toa!
You're my star player!Ko te raumati te wā kauhoe.
Summer is the time for swimming.Ko taku pene tēnā!
That is my pen!Ko Kahu te koroua o Terewai.
Kahu is the elder of Terewai.Ko ngā rorohiko hou ēnei.
These are the new computers.Ko Taupō te moana.
Taupō is the lake.Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku hungawai.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents-in-law.Ko te wā kaukau.
It is bath time.Ko au te kaiako.
I am the teacher.Ko tēnā te whare nui.
That (near you) is the big house.Ko Hōhepa taku ingoa.
My name is Hōhepa.Ko te horopaki tērā ka tohu i te mahinga tika.
Context is what determines the correct usage.Ko te pahi o te kura tēnei.
This is the school bus.Ko Rongomai taku tamāhine.
Rongomai is my daughter.Ko Hera tōna ingoa.
Her name's Hera.Ko Pita rāua ko Ari.
Pita and Ari.Ko Wid Vella tōku tipuna.
Wid Vella is my ancestor.Ko Kāpuni te awa.
Kāpuni is the river.Ko Āwhina te mataamua. Ko Aroha te pōtiki.
Āwhina is the oldest. Aroha the youngest.Ko Rewi te rangatira.
Rewi is the chief.Ko Tawa tāku pōtiki.
Tawa is my youngest childKo Pania tōku teina
Pania is my younger sister.Ko Aroha te tamāhine a Rangi.
Aroha is the daughter of Rangi.Ko te tino tangata o taua marae, ko Hapi.
The leading person of that marae is Hapi.Ko Ruahine te ingoa o tērā maunga.
Ruahine is the name of that mountain.Ko tēnei te whare.
This is the house.Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana aku mokopuna.
Riripeti and Tīwana are my grandchildren.Ko te Rātū tēnei rā.
It is Tuesday today.Ko Pango te kurī.
Pango is the dog.Ko Tame te mokopuna tuatahi.
Tame is the first grandchild.Ko ā matou kurī ngā toa ki te tiaki hipi.
Our dogs are the champion sheep-musterers.Ko te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa te moana.
The Pacific Ocean is the ocean.Ko ngā tohunga nāna te waka i tārai.
The experts who carved the canoe.Ko Taranaki te maunga.
The moutain is Taranaki.Ko Liam te mokopuna a Beverley rāua ko Denis.
Liam is the grandchild of Beverley and Denis.Ko Moana te wahine a Niko.
Moana is the wife of Niko.Ko Aidan te mātāmua o Kayte.
Aidan is the oldest child of Kayte.Ko ia te kaiako o Mia.
She is the teacher of Mia.Ko Jim rāua ko Doug aku taokete.
Jim and Doug are my brother in laws.Ko ōku hoa kei waho!
It's my friends outside.Ko Brian tōku pāpā.
Brian is my father.Ko Rāhera rāua ko Tipene ōna hoa.
Her friends are Rāhera and Tīpene.Ko tāku irāmutu ia.
She is my niece/He is my nephew.Ko ahau te kōtiro tuarua.
I am the second girl.Ko ngā pukapuka a Koa ēnā.
Those are Koa's books.Ko Manu te tāne a Mia.
Manu is the husband of Mia.Ko Tōrere te marae e tū ai te hui.
Tōrere is the marae where the meeting will take place.Ko Mere tōku māmā.
Mere is my mother.Ko au te rōia mō tēnei take.
I am the Lawyer for this case.Ko ia te rangatira o tēnei tari.
She's the boss of this department.Ko ōna tuāhine ngā kaiwhakahaere.
His sisters are the organisers.Ko Kuikui tōku whaea. Ko Tahu tōku matua.
Kuikui is my mother. Tahu is my father.