Māori Grammar

Ko Tame te tuakana o Taika.
Tame is the older brother of Taika.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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.

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

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

Ko Rāwiri tōku tuakana.
Rāwiri is my older sibling.

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