Māori Grammar

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Ani tōku tuakana.
Ani 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.

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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

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