Māori Grammar

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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