Māori Grammar

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

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?

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

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

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

Ko Pania tōku teina.
Pania is my younger sister.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

Ko Tawa te teina o Tame.
Tawa is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Tame.

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

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

Ko Rēwi tōku teina.
Rewi is my younger brother.

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

He teina tōu.
You have a younger sibling.

Ko Ariakei te akomanga o Tau 7, ko te teina kei te akomanga o raro iho, ko te tuakana kei tō runga ake.
Aria 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 tōku, ko Hēmi tōna ingoa.
Yes, I do have a younger sibling, his name is Hēmi.

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

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

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