Māori Grammar

Tokorua aku tēina, tokotoru aku tuahine.
I've got two younger brothers (and) I have three sisters.

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?

Āe, tokorua ōku tungāne, tokorima ōku tēina.
Yes, I have two brothers and five younger sisters.

Ko taku teina hei kura māhita.
My younger sibling will be a school teacher.

Ko Isaac te teina o Jo.
Isaac is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Jo.

Ko Hēmi te teina o Pāora.
Hēmi is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Pāora.

He teina tōu.
You have a younger sibling.

Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Pāora, ko Pita, ko N3 ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have younger siblings, their names are Pāora, Pita and N3.

Kāore ōku tēina.
I don't have younger siblings.

Āe, he tēina tōku, ko Niko tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a younger sibling, his name is Niko.

He tohunga whakairo ngā tēina.
The younger ones are master carvers.

Ko Kaia te teina o Aidan.
Kaia is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Aidan.

Ko Pania tōku teina.
Pania is my younger sister.

Kāore i roa ka hōhā ngā tuākana ki ngā teina.
Before long the older kids were over the younger ones.

Kua mate māua ko taku teina.
My younger sibling and I are sick.

Ko Kaurikei te akomanga o Tau 7, ko te teina kei te akomanga o raro iho, ko te tuakana kei tō runga ake.
Kauri is in the Year 7 class, her younger sister is in the class beneath that, and her older sister is in the class above.

He teina au nō Tame.
I'm a younger brother of Tame's.

E whai ana a Taika i tana teina.
Taika chases his brother.

Ko Rēwi tōku teina.
Rewi is my younger brother.

Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Nikau, ko Ataahua ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have younger siblings, their names are Nikau and Ataahua.

Ko Rāwinia rāua ko Tia ōku tēina.
Rāwinia and Tia are my younger sisters.

Ko Fran te teina o Margaret.
Fran is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Margaret.

Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine, ko Tūmanako tōku teina.
Rongomai is my sister, Tūmanako is my younger sibling.

Kei te mekemeke te kōtiro i tana teina.
The girl is punching her sister.

Ehara te teina i te tohunga whakairo.
The younger one is not a master carver.

Ko Ani tōku teina.
Ani is my younger sister. (spoken by a female)

He teina tōu?
Do you have a younger sibling?