Māori Grammar

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

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

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

Kāore ōna tuākana.
She doesn'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.

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

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

Ko Margaret te tuakana o Fran.
Margaret 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 Niko te tuakana o Hēmi.
Niko is the older brother of Hēmi.

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

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

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.