Māori Grammar

Ko Moana tōku tuakana.
Moana is my older sister. (spoken by a female)

Tokorima. Ko aku mātua, mātou ko taku tuakana, ko taku tungane.
Five. My parents, (me) and my older sister and my brother.

Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Taika, ko Rangi, ko Tame ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Taika, Rangi and Tame.

Ko Koa te tuakana o Hēmi.
Koa is the older brother of Hēmi.

Ko Elizabeth te tuakana o Fran.
Elizabeth is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Fran.

Ko Aidan te tuakana o Kaia.
Aidan is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Kaia.

Āe, he tuākana ōku, ko Tawa, ko Manu ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have older siblings, their names are Tawa and Manu.

Kāore ōku tuākana.
I don't have any older siblings.

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

Ko Joseph te tuakana o Isaac.
Joseph is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Isaac.

Ko Margaret te tuakana o Fran.
Margaret is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Fran.

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

Kāore ō tuākana?
Do you not have an older sibling?

Ko ia tōku tuakana.
He is my older brother / she is my older sister.

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

Ko ia te tuakana o taku pāpā, arā taku matua kēkē.
He's my dad's older brother, that is my uncle.

Āe, he tuakana tōku, ko Niko tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have an older sibling, his name is Niko.

E hia te pakeke o tō tuakana?
How old is your older brother?

Ko Aidan te tuakana o Liam.
Aidan is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Liam.

Kua tūtaki koe ki taku tuakana?
Have you met my brother?

Ko Teremoana rāua ko Tania ōku tuakana.
Teremoana and Tania are my older sisters.

Tokoono mātou, ko ōku mātua, me ōku tuākana.
There are six of us, my parents and my older sisters.

Kāore ōna tuākana.
She doesn't have any older siblings.