Māori Grammar

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

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

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

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.

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

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

He tuakana tōu?
Do you have an older sibling?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Ko Rangi te tuakana o Niko.
Rangi is the older brother of Niko.

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