Māori Grammar

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

Ko Margaret te tuakana o Fran.
Margaret 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.

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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