Introducing Your Family Members - Part 1

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Hi, everyone! I'm Felice Angelini.

Ciao a tutti, sono Felice Angelini.

Welcome to another Italian Whiteboard Lesson!

In this lesson, you'll learn the words for family members in Italian.

Let's get started!

Let's begin by covering the basics, the immediate family.

Here is a simple family tree.

You are here, io, "I."

And then your parents and your siblings.

Let's start with you as a child.

First is "father," in Italian, padre.

Padre, padre.

Next is "mother," in Italian, madre.

Madre, madre.

Now, let's look at your siblings.

First is “brother,” in Italian, fratello.

Fratello, fratello.

Next is "sister," in Italian, sorella.

Sorella, sorella.

Now, let's move on to the family member terms as a parent.

Imagine you are the father, and here is your "wife." In Italian, it’s moglie.

Moglie, moglie.

Next, let's see what your spouse is called if you were the wife. The word for "husband" is marito.

Marito, marito.

Now, in both cases, we'd use figlio for a "son." Figlio, figlio.

And figlia, figlia, figlia for a "daughter."

Now, let's hear a sample conversation. Imagine two co-workers are chatting and one of them is showing a picture to the other. Listen to the dialogue and try to figure out who the person is in the picture.

Ready?

A: Chi è questo?

B: Questo è mio marito.

Let's break this down starting from marito. Marito (enunciated). Marito, "husband."

Marito is masculine and singular, that's why other words in the sentence will also be masculine and singular.

Mio, "My." Mio (enunciated).

Mio is masculine and singular to agree with marito.

Then, questo, "this." Questo (enunciated).

Questo is masculine and singular to agree with marito.

Now let's imagine you're showing different pictures to a friend of yours.

First, you have a picture with your mother. You say:

Questa è mia madre.

Madre is feminine singular, so we use mia and questa.

Another picture. In this picture, you can see your sister, so you say:

Questa è mia sorella.

“This is my sister.”

And sorella is feminine singular, so we use mia and questa.

In another picture. In this picture, you can see your father, so you say:

Questo è mio padre.

“This is my father.”

And padre is singular masculine, so mio and questo are singular masculine.

The next one, is your son, so you say:

Questo è mio figlio.

“This is my son.”

And figlio is singular masculine, that’s why mio and questo are singular masculine.

I'm sure you could see a pattern, right?

Questo è mio [FAMILY MEMBER ♂].

“This is my [FAMILY MEMBER].”

Questa è mia [FAMILY MEMBER ♀].

“This is my [FAMILY MEMBER].”

Remember to use the right gender when using possessive adjectives.

The word for "my" is mio when your family member is male and mia when the family member is female.

It's similar with the demonstrative pronoun.

The word for "this" is questo when your family member is male and questa when the family member is female.

For example: masculine - mio padre

Feminine - mia madre

Well done, in this lesson we've learned how to say family members terms in Italian!

I'm Felice and I'll see you again on ItalianPod101.com.

Thanks for watching! A presto!

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