Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

Ko Taika te tuakana o Ari.
Taika is the older brother of Ari.

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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