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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_kinship | * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_kinship | ||
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Revision as of 14:16, 8 November 2015
Basic words related to family is important to be able to introduce yourself
A1 vocabulary:
- brother
- sister
- father
- mother
- husband
- wife
A2+ vocabulary:
- grandfather
- grandmother
- cousin
- uncle
- twin
Contents
Notes on morphology
- Arabic:
- Brother is irregular
Other usages
- Spanish: tio means guy
Similarities between languages
- Romance languages
- Germanic languages
- Arabic/Maltese
Differences between languages
- German and Japanese: a word meaning brothers and sisters
- German: Geschwister
- Japanese: 兄弟 (kyôdai)
- Arabic: word for maternal and paternal uncle
- Chinese: many words for uncles, aunts, grandfathers, depending on their relations
- Japanese
- different word to refer to someone from your family and someone who is not
- different words for younger and older brother
