Family

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

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

See also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_kinship
• http://www.learn-japanese-adventure.com/japanese-family.html