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tuahine - sister, of a male

taina - junior; younger brother or cousin of a male; younger sister or cousin of a female

tatao - younger brother or sister; deep; to droop

Ko Pania tōku teina
Pania is my younger sister.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine.
Rongomai is my sister.
Identity sentences - ko...

Ko Waikura tōku tuahine.
Waikura is my sister.
Asking who - Ko wai...?

I pai taku moe, tuahine.
My sleep was good, sister.
Simple sentences: past tense - i

He rite ia ki tōna tuakana.
She is just like her elder sister.
This is just like that - he rite tonu

Awhinatia tāu tuahine ki te whakakākahu i a ia anō!
Help your sister to get herself dressed!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

Awhinatia tāu tuahine ki te kuhu i ōna kākahu!
Help your sister put her clothes on!
Commands using the passive - Tāpirihia, Tīkina...

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.
Above, underneath, outside of - runga ake, raro iho, waho atu, roto atu

Kei te kāinga tōna tuahine.
Her sister is at home.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te

Ko Ani tōku whaea kēkē, koia te tuahine o tōku pāpā.
Ani is my aunty, she is my father's sister.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea

Tokorima. Ko aku mātua, mātou ko taku tuakana, ko taku tungane.
Five. My parents, (me) and my older sister and my brother.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko Moana tōku tuakana.
Moana is my older sister. (spoken by a female)
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko ia tōku tuakana.
He is my older brother / she is my older sister.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko Margaret tōku tuakana.
Margaret is my older sister.
Family relationships - older sibling of the same sex - tuakana

Ko Mia tōku teina.
Mia is my younger sister. (spoken by a female)
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Kei te mekemeke te kōtiro i tana teina.
The girl is punching her sister.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Ko Pania tōku teina.
Pania is my younger sister.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

Ko Rongomai tōku tuahine, ko Tūmanako tōku teina.
Rongomai is my sister, Tūmanako is my younger sibling.
Family relationships - younger sibling of the same sex - teina

He tuahine tōu?
Do you have a sister?
Do you have any...? - He... ?

Ko ia te mea hangareka o rāua ko Riripeti, tōna tuahine.
She is the funny one between her and Riripeti, her sister.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...

Te rongonga atu o Pāora i te kōrero a tana tuahine...
When Pāora heard what his sister said...
Away - atu

Kāore tōna tuahine i te kāinga.
Her sister is not at home.
Negation of locatives - kāore...

Ko Riripeti tōku tuahine.
Riripeti is my sister.

He mōhio rānei tōu tuahine?
Is your sister clever?

Ahakoa te nui o te utu o te whare, ka hokona e tōku tuahine.
Despite the great cost of the house, my sister will buy it.

Nā te tama tōna tuahine i tangi ai.
The boy was the reason his sister cried.

Ko te teina ia he wahine āhua pai, nō reira i riro ai te tāne i a ia.
The younger sister was a beautiful woman, and so she took the man as a husband.

Ko Mārama te tuahine o Tamahae.
Mārama is the sister of Tamahae.

Heoi anō kāore ngā tungāne o Puhiwahine i pai ki te whaiāipotanga o te wahine nei ki tana whanaunga, nā reira ka tikina mai e rātau tō rātau tuahine, ka whakahokia ki roto o Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
Well Puhiwahine’s brothers did not approve of this woman's affair with her relative, so they fetched their sterand returned her to Ngāti Tuwharetoa.

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

Ko ia tōku teina.
She is my younger sister.

Ko tēhea o ērā kōtiro te tuahine o Hēnare?
Which of those girls is Hēnare’s ster

Kua tae mai tō mātou tuahine ki te kāinga.
Our sister has arrived home.

He tuahine tō Amaru.
Amaru has a sister.

Ahakoa te nui o te utu o te whare, ka hokoia e tōku tuahine.
Despite the great cost of the house, my sister will buy it.

Ko Harnah te tuahine o Jacob.
Harnah is the sister (of a boy) of Jacob.

Ko Aroha te tuahine o Rangi.
Aroha is the sister (of a boy) of Rangi.

Ko Elizabeth te tuahine o John.
Fran is the sister (of a boy) of Elizabeth.

I te Tuurei raa, ka tuhi au ki taku teina me taku pene hou, i runga i te pepa
sister with sggenIsg pen new at top at the paper

Tō.rāua take i haere mai ai, he kimi i tō.rāua tuahine, i a Kanioro.
The reason they came was to search for their sister, Kanioro.

kakariki, i roto i taku waahi mahi·nga
On Tuesday, in my office, I wrote to my sister with my new pen, on a piece of green paper

tuahine
a sister of a male

He kaha a Tīwana ki tana whiu pātai nanakia me te whakapātaritari i tōna tuahine me tōna kuikui.
Tīwana is good at asking tricky questions and teasing her sister and grandmother.

E hia ngā tau o tō tuahine?
How old's your sister?

tuāhine
sister of a male

He tuahine a Horowai nō Hoani.
Horowai is a sister of John’s.

Engari Tania, ko koe rāku tuahine!
But Tania, you are my sister! (speaker is male)

Ehara ia i te tuahine o Paki.
She is not Paki’s ster

Ko Margaret tōku tuahine.
Margaret is my sister. (spoken by a male)

Ko Aria tōku tuahine.
Aria is my younger sister. (spoken by a male)

He aha te take e koa ana tōu tuahine
What is the reason your sister is glad? Why is your sister glad?

Ko Hinauri te tuahine o Māui.
Hinauri was Māui’s ster

I taku haerenga ki Tīpene kura ai, nā Sister Edith o te Mīhana Māori Perehipitiriana i Nūhaka i kawe au i reira ..
When I went to school at Tīpene, it was Sister Edith of the Presbyterian Māori Ministry at

Āe, he tuahine tōku, ko Rina tōna ingoa.
I do have a sister, her name is Rina.

Āe, he tuāhine ōku, ko Kauri, ko Ataahua, ko Ani ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have a sister, their names are Kauri, Ataahua and Ani.

Kotahi taku tuāhine.
I have one sister.

He rite ia ki tōna tuahine.
He is like his sister.

Ko Moana taku taokete, he tino pai ia. Koia kei te āwhina mai i ōku mātua i ia rangi, i ia rangi.
Moana is my sister in law, she is great. She helps my parents everyday.

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