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Sentences that begin with ko are known as "identity sentences" and answers the question "who is?" or "who are?"
There are four possible kinds of words that follow ko.
(1) The subject can be a personal name or place:
Ko Joan tōku māmā.
Joan is my mother.
Ko Rangi tōku ingoa.
My name is Rangi.
Ko Tararua te maunga.
Tararua is the mountain.
(2) The subject can be a pronoun ("he", "she", "them", etc):
Ko ia te tama a Debbie.
He is Debbie's son.
Ko koe te manuhiri.
You are the visitor.
Ko au tā rāua tamāhine.
I am their daughter.
(3) The subject can be a noun ("the time", "the language"):
Ko te reo te mauri o te mana Māori.
The Māori language is the life force of Māori mana.
Ko te Rātū tēnei rā.
It is Tuesday today.
Ko ngā manuhiri ērā tāngata.
Those people are the guests.
(4) The subject can also be a word like "this" and "those":
Ko tēnei te whānau.
This is the family.
Ko tērā taku tūrangawaewae.
That's my place to stand.
Ko ēnei ngā rorohiko hou.
These are the new computers.
Ko Hēmi tōku ingoa
Hēmi is my name.Ko ia te kaiako o Aroha.
She is the teacher of Aroha.Ko Kuikui tōku whaea. Ko Tahu tōku matua.
Kuikui is my mother. Tahu is my father.Ko Riripeti rāua ko Tīwana aku mokopuna.
Riripeti and Tīwana are my grandchildren.Ko ōku hoa kei waho!
It's my friends outside.Ko Rongomai taku tamāhine.
Rongomai is my daughter.Ko Taranaki te maunga e tū mai rā.
That mountain standing over there is Mount Taranaki.Ko tāku irāmutu ia.
She is my niece/He is my nephew.Ko te horopaki tērā ka tohu i te mahinga tika.
Context is what determines the correct usage.Ko te Rātū tēnei rā.
It is Tuesday today.Ko Ngāti Hāmua tōku hapū.
Ngāti Hāmua is my sub-tribe.Ko Kauri te wahine a Tame.
Kauri is the wife of Tame.Ko taku pene tēnā!
That is my pen!Ko tōku kuia tērā!
That's my nanna!Ko Āwhina te mataamua. Ko Aroha te pōtiki.
Āwhina is the oldest. Aroha the youngest.Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine.
Rongomai is my sister.Ko te kūmara tāku tūmomo huawhenua pai rawa.
Kumara is my favourite type of vegetable.Ko ōna tuāhine ngā kaiwhakahaere.
His sisters are the organisers.Ko Wid Vella tōku tipuna.
Wid Vella is my ancestor.Ko Taika mā.
Taika and the others.Ko Raimona tōku tino hoa.
Raimona is my best friend.Ko tēnei te whare.
This is the house.Ko Niko tērā tangata.
That man is Niko.Ko ngā rorohiko hou ēnei.
These are the new computers.Ko Pania tōku teina
Pania is my younger sister.Ko Manu rāua ko Pita.
Manu and Pita.Ko tēnei he tekau tana taraka.
This is a ten ton truck.Ko taku hiahia he pukapuka.
A book is what I want.Ko te wā kaukau.
It is bath time.Ko Liam te mokopuna a Beverley rāua ko Denis.
Liam is the grandchild of Beverley and Denis.Ko ahau te kōtiro tuarua.
I am the second girl.Ko Kayte te pōtiki o Beverley.
Kayte is the youngest child of Beverley.Ko Pango te kurī.
Pango is the dog.Ko te tino tangata o taua marae, ko Hapi.
The leading person of that marae is Hapi.Ko ia te rangatira o tēnei tari.
She's the boss of this department.Ko tēnā te whare nui.
That (near you) is the big house.Ko Rewi te hoa o Mere.
Rewi is Mary's friend.Ko te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa te moana.
The Pacific Ocean is the ocean.Ko Hera tāku pōtiki.
Hera is my youngest childKo ā matou kurī ngā toa ki te tiaki hipi.
Our dogs are the champion sheep-musterers.Ko Kāpuni te awa.
Kāpuni is the river.Ko Aidan te mātāmua o Kayte.
Aidan is the oldest child of Kayte.Ko Ruahine te ingoa o tērā maunga.
Ruahine is the name of that mountain.Ko te pahi o te kura tēnei.
This is the school bus.Ko Rāhera rāua ko Tipene ōna hoa.
Her friends are Rāhera and Tīpene.Ko Brian tōku pāpā.
Brian is my father.Ko Rewi te rangatira.
Rewi is the chief.Ko au te rōia mō tēnei take.
I am the Lawyer for this case.Ko Aria te tamāhine a Pāora.
Aria is the daughter of Pāora.Ko tēnei whare te whare o Hone.
This is Hone's house.Ko te kāinga tūturu o Mia kei Pōneke.
As for Mia's permanent home, it's in Wellington.Ko Taupō te moana.
Taupō is the lake.Ko ngā tohunga nāna te waka i tārai.
The experts who carved the canoe.Ko Eruera te tangata nā.
Eruera is that person (near you).Ko Hera tōna ingoa.
Her name's Hera.Ko Wiremu tāku tāne.
Wiremu is my husband.Ko Tōrere te marae e tū ai te hui.
Tōrere is the marae where the meeting will take place.Ko Hōhepa taku ingoa.
My name is Hōhepa.Ko ngā pukapuka a Nikau ēnā.
Those are Nikau's books.Ko koe taku toa!
You're my star player!Ko Tawa te tāne a Aroha.
Tawa is the husband of Aroha.Ko Mere tōku māmā.
Mere is my mother.Ko te whare tēnei.
This is the house.Ko Kauri te mokopuna tuatahi.
Kauri is the first grandchild.Ko Taranaki te maunga.
The moutain is Taranaki.Ko te raumati te wā kauhoe.
Summer is the time for swimming.Ko Hone rāua ko Rāhera ōku hungawai.
Hone and Rāhera are my parents-in-law.Ko Kahu te koroua o Terewai.
Kahu is the elder of Terewai.Ko John te tungāne o Fran.
John is the brother (of a girl) of Fran.Ko Jim rāua ko Doug aku taokete.
Jim and Doug are my brother in laws.