Māori Grammar

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Ari te tuakana o Amaru.
Ari is the older brother of Amaru.