Learn how to introduce members of your family
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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." |
| Io |
| Io |
| 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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