La Familia
Natalia Nerozzi
y
Stefana Holehan
• Spanish nouns have gender
Usually, masculine nouns will end in –o and feminine verbs
will end in -a
ex. muchacho
muchacha
masculine
feminine
• You use the same endings for most
Spanish nouns dealing with family.
ex. abuelo
abuela
grandfather
grandmother
Spanish
La madre (mamá)
El padre (papá)
El hijo
La hija
El hermano
La hermana
El abuelo
La abuela
El primo
La prima
El tio
La tia
El sobrino
La sobrina
English
Mother, mom
Father, dad
son
daughter
brother
sister
grandfather
grandmother
cousin (male)
cousin (female)
uncle
aunt
nephew
neice
Notice the endings on some of the
words that indicate the gender of the
noun
• People who are married are called
esposos.
ex. Tu padre es el esposo de tu madre.
Tu madre es la esposa de tu padre.
• To describe how one family member is related to another in Spanish,
you will need these possessive adjectives:
Spanish
English
mi (mis)
My
tu (tus)
Your (informal)
su (sus)
Your (formal), his, her
nuestro/nuestra
(nuestros/nuestras)
vuestro/vuestra
(vuestros/vuestras)
su (sus)
Our
Your (informal – Spain)
Your (formal), their
To tell what belongs to someone or to show
relationships in Spanish, we use:
• de + noun (because the apostrophe does not exist)
• the possessive adjectives mi or mis
For example: el padre de mi padre = mi abuelo
(my father’s father = my grandfather)
Mi Abuelo!!!!
•
When you want to refer to a group of people of
the same gender:
1) Make your article plural
el
los
la
las
2) Add an ‘s’ onto the noun
ex. El tio
Los tios
the uncle
the uncles
• When you want to refer to a group of people
of both males and females:
Follow the same directions, but always use
the masculine plural
Ex. Los tios
The example can refer to a group of all males (uncles) or males
and females (uncle and aunts)
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