Māori Grammar

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The brother was walking to the sister

Older and younger siblings, brothers and sisters

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

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

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

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

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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

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