Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He teina tōu.
You have a younger sibling.

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

Ko Pania tōku teina.
Pania is my younger sister.

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

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

Ko Nikau te teina o Hēmi.
Nikau is the younger sibling (of the same gender) of Hēmi.

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

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

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

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?

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

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

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

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

He teina tōu?
Do you have a younger sibling?

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

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.

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