Māori Grammar

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

Ko Rangi te tuakana o Amaru.
Rangi is the older brother of Amaru.

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

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.

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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