Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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