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

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A2+ vocabulary:

Other vocabuluary:

Notes on morphology

Arabic:
- Brother is irregular
German:
- Most basic family words are old words that change the vowel by adding a ¨

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

Wolof
- has a different word for older sibling (mag) and younger sibling (rakk)
- by default Wolof does not make a difference in sex between son/daugher, older brother/older sister, younger brother/younger sister. When needed, ju góor (boy) and ju jigéen (girls) to mark the difference.
- See also: famille (wolof)