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** Brother is irregular | ** Brother is irregular | ||
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== Other usages == | == Other usages == | ||
Revision as of 19:07, 8 November 2015
Basic words related to family is important to be able to introduce yourself
A1 vocabulary:
English | Catalan | French | Latin | Portuguese | Spanish |
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brother | germà | frère | frater, fratris, m | irmão | hermano |
sister | germana | soeur | soror, sororis, f | irmã | hermana |
father | pare | père | pater, patris, m | pai | padre |
mother | mare | mère | mater, matris, f | mãe | madre |
son | fill | fils | filius, filii, m | filho | hijo |
daughter | filla | fille | fīlia, filiae, f | filha | hija |
husband | marit | mari | maritus, mariti, m | marido | marido |
wife | esposa | uxor, uxoris, f | épouse, femme | esposa | esposa, mujer |
... ... ...
A2+ vocabulary:
- grandfather
- grandmother
- cousin
- uncle
- twin
Other vocabuluary:
- parents
Contents
Notes on morphology
- Arabic:
- Brother is irregular
- German:
- Most basic family words are old words that change the vowel by adding a ¨
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