Family

Basic words related to family is important to be able to introduce yourself

A1 vocabulary:

English	Catalan	French	Latin	Portuguese	Spanish
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

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

See also

Chinese

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_kinship

Japanese

• http://www.learn-japanese-adventure.com/japanese-family.html

Russian

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKzRy71Q5hk&list=PLKlgCQFiwJYzqtur-HHc49DSfwC8H-b3Y Video with vocab on family