Māori Grammar

Ehara te teina i te tohunga whakairo.
The younger one is not a master carver.

Kei te mekemeke te kōtiro i tana teina.
The girl is punching her sister.

He tohunga whakairo ngā tēina.
The younger ones are master carvers.

Ko Aroha tōku teina.
Aroha is my younger sister. (spoken by a female)

He teina tōu.
You have a younger sibling.

Kua mate māua ko taku teina.
My younger sibling and I are sick.

Tokorua aku tēina, tokotoru aku tuahine.
I've got two younger brothers (and) I have three sisters.

E whai ana a Tame i tana teina.
Tame chases his brother.

Kāore ōku tēina.
I don't have younger siblings.

Kāore i roa ka hōhā ngā tuākana ki ngā teina.
Before long the older kids were over the younger ones.

Ko Ari te teina o Manu.
Ari is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Manu.

He teina au nō Tawa.
I'm a younger brother of Tawa's.

Ko taku teina hei kura māhita.
My younger sibling will be a school teacher.

Āe, tokorua ōku tungāne, tokorima ōku tēina.
Yes, I have two brothers and five younger sisters.

Ko Rāwinia rāua ko Tia ōku tēina.
Rāwinia and Tia are my younger sisters.

Ko Pania tōku teina.
Pania is my younger sister.

Āe, he tēina tōku, ko Rangi tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a younger sibling, his name is Rangi.

Ko Fran te teina o Margaret.
Fran is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Margaret.

Ko Rēwi tōku teina.
Rewi is my younger brother.

Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Aria, ko Taika ō rāua ingoa.
Yes, I do have younger siblings, their names are Aria and Taika.

Ko Isaac te teina o Jo.
Isaac is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Jo.

Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine, ko Tūmanako tōku teina.
Rongomai is my sister, Tūmanako is my younger sibling.

Ko Ataahuakei te akomanga o Tau 7, ko te teina kei te akomanga o raro iho, ko te tuakana kei tō runga ake.
Ataahua is in the Year 7 class, her younger sister is in the class beneath that, and her older sister is in the class above.

Āe, he tēina ōku, ko Hera, ko Tawa, ko N3 ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I have younger siblings, their names are Hera, Tawa and N3.

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?

Ko Kaia te teina o Aidan.
Kaia is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Aidan.

He teina tōu?
Do you have a younger sibling?