Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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

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

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

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.

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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