Māori Grammar

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Ko wai ō tēina?
Who are your younger siblings?

Ko Rēwi tōku teina.
Rewi is my younger brother.

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

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

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

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.

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

Ko Pania tōku teina.
Pania is my younger sister.

He teina tōu?
Do you have a younger sibling?

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

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

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

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

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

He teina tōu.
You have a younger sibling.

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

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

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.