Māori Grammar

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

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

Tokorima. Ko aku mātua, mātou ko taku tuakana, ko taku tungane.
Five. My parents, (me) and my older sister and my 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 Elizabeth te tuakana o Fran.
Elizabeth is the elder sibling (of the same gender) of Fran.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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