Foreign Languages

Family members.

Definition

Family members vocabulary teaches students the words for relatives such as parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. In many languages, family terms reflect cultural distinctions not found in English, such as separate words for maternal and paternal relatives.

Examples

Real-world.

  • 1 Spanish: 'la madre' (mother), 'el padre' (father), 'los hermanos' (siblings).
  • 2 French: 'le frère' (brother), 'la sœur' (sister), 'les grands-parents' (grandparents).
  • 3 Chinese: 爷爷 (yéye, paternal grandfather) vs. 外公 (wàigōng, maternal grandfather) — different words for each side.
Related terms

Tangled up with.

Family structures → Possessive articles → Describing people → Possessive de →
Studied in

4 units use this concept.

French 1-2 Family and Descriptions → German 1 Family and Friends → Mandarin Chinese 1 Family and Friends → Spanish 1-2 Family and Descriptions →