Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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