A1

Family and Kinship Terms

Mga Salitang Pangpamilya

About this concept

Family terms with Filipino cultural context: nanay/ina (mother), tatay/ama (father), kuya (older brother), ate (older sister), bunso (youngest), tito/tita (uncle/aunt). Kuya and ate also used for non-relatives as respect.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~25 cards at level A1.

Examples

Si kuya ang panganay.Big brother is the eldest.
Saan si nanay?Where is mom?
Si ate ang nagluluto.Big sister is the one cooking.
May tito at tita akong nasa Amerika.I have an uncle and aunt in America.

Prerequisite

Personal PronounsA1

More A1 concepts

Personal PronounsMga Panghalip na PanaoCase Markers (Ang/Ng/Sa)Mga Pantukoy (Ang/Ng/Sa)Basic Greetings and ExpressionsMga Pangunahing Pagbati at EkspresyonPoliteness Markers (Po/Opo/Ho)Mga Pananda ng Paggalang (Po/Opo/Ho)Plural Marker MgaPananda ng Maramihan (Mga)

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