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The following list is for the members of the immediate family. The “è” on the words père (father), mère (mother) and frère (brother) has an “eh” sound. For the word fille (daughter), don’t pronounce the LL’s. 1. Fatherle père 2. Mother la mère 3. Sonle fils 4. Daughter la fille 5. Brotherle frère 6. Sisterla soeur 7. Husbandle mari 8. Wifela femme,...
The following is a list of extended family members. Notice that the word for grandmother is “la grand-mère“. Be sure not to add an -e to “grand” to make it feminine. For the great grandparents, attach the word“arrière”. 1. Grandparents les grand-parents 2. Grandfather le grand-père 3. Grandmotherla grand-mère 4. Great-grandfather l’arrière-grand-pè...
French has some advanced family terms which are necessary to learn. L’aîné – As a noun,l’aîné(e)means eldest child. As an adjective it means ‘older than’ or ‘your senior’. 1. Marie est l’aînée de la famille. Elle a 35 ans. Marie is the eldest child in the family. She’s 35 years-old. 2. Joseph est mon aîné de cinq ans.Joseph is five years older than...
Let’s first take a look at some of the most common family vocabulary that every French learner will need to know. French Family Members. Une mère – Mom / Mum / Mother. Un père – Dad / Father. Un frère – Brother. Une soeur – Sister. Une fille – Daughter. Un fils – Son. Un cousin – Cousin (m) Une cousine – Cousin (f) Une tante – Aunt.
Do you want to learn the French family words? In this post we go through all the vocabulary for talking about family in French. We’ll start with words for the immediate family and extended family members, and then move on to couple situations and to more complex familial relationships.
Family in French: Key Vocabulary. La famille - French for “family” - refers not only to the immediate family - parents and their children - but also other relatives, such as grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. Here is the important French vocabulary related to la famille that you should know:
In French, there’s no distinction between step-family and family-in-law: they are both equivalent to beau- or belle- plus that family member. step-father. father-in-law. beau-père. step-mother. mother-in-law. belle-mère. step-brother. brother-in-law.
From moms and dads, to extended family members like cousins and in-laws, learn to confidently chat about the whole family tree in French.
