Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?

Ko Rēwi tōku teina.
Rewi is my younger brother.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Pania tōku teina.
Pania is my younger sister.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He teina tōu.
You have a younger sibling.

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

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

He teina tōu?
Do you have a younger sibling?

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