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tuahine - sister, of a male
tuāhine - female cousins or sisters of a male
Tuahine (pl. tuāhine), n. Sister or female cousin of a male. Ka mata te umu a Kuiwai, wahine a Manaia, te tuahine o Ngatoro-i-rangi (T. 83).
Williams Dictionary
Ko ōna tuāhine ngā kaiwhakahaere.
His sisters are the organisers.
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
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...
Kei te kāinga tōna tuahine.
Her sister is at home.
Locatives (at the moment, something is somewhere) - kei te
No tōku tuahine ngā waka whero.
The red car belongs to my older sibling.
Established possession - nāku, nōku...
Ko Kauri tōku whaea kēkē, koia te tuahine o tōku pāpā.
Kauri is my aunty, she is my father's sister.
Family relationships - mother - mama, whaea
Tokorua aku tēina, tokotoru aku tuahine.
I've got two younger brothers (and) I have three sisters.
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
Kāore ōku tuāhine.
I don't have sisters.
I have no... - Kāore aku...
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...
Ko Ataahua rāua ko Rina ōku tuāhine.
Ataahua and Rina are my sisters.
Talking about more than one person - ...rāua ko..., rātou ko...
Te rongonga atu o Nikau i te kōrero a tana tuahine...
When Nikau heard what his sister said...
Away - atu
Kāore tōna tuahine i te kāinga.
Her sister is not at home.
Negation of locatives - kāore...
I ōku tuāhine e horoi ana i ngā rīhi, ka moe ahau.
While my sisters were washing the dishes, I was sleeping.
While... - i... e... ana, ka...
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 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 sister, and returned her to Ngāti Tuwharetoa.
Ko Mere te tuahine o Mārama rāua ko Tamahae.
Mere is Mārama’s and Tamahae’s cousin.
Ko tēhea o ērā kōtiro te tuahine o Hēnare?
Which of those girls is Hēnare’s sister?
Kua tae mai tō mātou tuahine ki te kāinga.
Our sister has arrived home.
He tuahine tō Rangi.
Rangi 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 Moana te tuahine o Tame.
Moana is the sister (of a boy) of Tame.
Ko Elizabeth te tuahine o John.
Fran is the sister (of a boy) of Elizabeth.
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.
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?
E hia ngā tau o ō tuāhine?
How old are your sisters?
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)
Hōhā au i ōku tuāhine.
I’ve had enough of my sisters. (speaker is male)
Ehara ia i te tuahine o Paki.
She is not Paki’s sister.
Ko Margaret tōku tuahine.
Margaret is my sister. (spoken by a male)
Ko Ani tōku tuahine.
Ani is my younger sister. (spoken by a male)
Ko Hinauri te tuahine o Māui.
Hinauri was Māui’s sister.
Ko Raima rātou ko Tanira, ko Aniwa ōku tuāhine.
Raima, Tanira and Aniwa are my sisters.
Āe, he tuahine tōku, ko Mia tōna ingoa.
I do have a sister, her name is Mia.
Āe, he tuāhine ōku, ko Aria, ko Aroha ō rāua ingoa.
Yes,I do have sisters, their names are Aria and Aroha.
Āe, he tuāhine ōku, ko Kauri, ko Ataahua, ko Rina ō rātou ingoa.
Yes, I do have a sister, their names are Kauri, Ataahua and Rina.
Tokowhā aku tuāhine.
I have four sisters.
Kotahi taku tuāhine.
I have one sister.
Tokotoru ōku tuāhine.
I have three sisters (literally, Three my sisters).
Ko te tuahine o Richard tērā
That's Richard's sister
He rite ia ki tōna tuahine.
He is like his sister.
