Māori Grammar

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

Ko Tawa te tuakana o Hēmi.
Tawa is the older brother of Hēmi.

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

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

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

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