My family
This is my family: my parents, my husband, my sons, my daughter and the family’s dog, Fluffy. My name is Fiona Cook. I am 34 years old. I am a teacher in a secondary school. The man in the middle of the picture is my husband, Jonathan Cook. He is 38 years old. He is an engineer. We have three children, Katie, my daughter is 9 years old. She is sitting next to my mother, her grandmother. The two boys are our sons. Mike, he is 6 years old, and Peter, he is 11 years old. The all go to elementary school. The dog in the picture is Fluffy, the family’s dog. He is 3 years old. The man sitting behind the dog is my father, the children’s grandfather.
I’m married. I have three children, two sons and a daughter. We have a dog.
Fiona is married. She has two sons and a daughter. They have a dog, too.
Già sappiamo come si dicono in inglese i nomi dei parenti consanguinei. (Ascoltate le parole ‘nephew‘ e ‘niece‘ per imparare la corretta pronuncia… e, naturalmente, anche tutto il resto!). Ora scopriamo come si dicono i nomi dei parenti non di sangue, quei parenti che si ”guadagnano” con il matrimonio! Per questi parenti acquisiti in inglese aggiungiamo il termine ’in-law’. La parola ‘in-law‘ significa ’legalmente’, cioè sancito dalla legge.
wedding – nozze
marriage – matrimonio
bride – sposa
groom – sposo
mother-in-law – suocera
father-in-law – suocero
son-in-law – genero
daughter-in-law – nuora
sister-in-law – cognata
brother-in-law – cognato
What about your family life? Do you have a big family? Answer the question with a full sentence!
Are you married?
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Do you have brothers or sisters?
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Do you have children?
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Do you have pets?
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