Māori Grammar

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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

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

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

Ko Elizabeth te tuakana o Fran.
Elizabeth 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.

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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