{"id":9387,"date":"2011-08-20T21:00:28","date_gmt":"2011-08-20T19:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/?p=9387"},"modified":"2017-10-19T14:41:18","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T12:41:18","slug":"jaime-ma-famille-i-love-my-familly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/jaime-ma-famille-i-love-my-familly\/","title":{"rendered":"J&#8217;aime ma famille (I Love My Family)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/www1.alliancefr.com\/bqimages\/Famille.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Today, get ready to &#8220;familiarize&#8221; (yes, &#8220;familiarize&#8221;) yourself with a lot of &#8220;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong>famille<\/strong><\/em><\/span>&#8220;-related French vocabulary!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Un<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>or<strong>\u00a0<em>une<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<em>anc\u00eatre<\/em><\/strong>: Ancestor. You can also say\u00a0<strong><em>a\u00efeul<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(forebear.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>La m<em>\u00e8<\/em>re<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the mother)<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>or more informally &#8220;<strong><em>la maman<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><strong><em>Le p<em>\u00e8<\/em>re\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/strong>(the father), or the informal &#8220;<strong><em>le papa<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Le grand-p<em>\u00e8<\/em>re<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the grandfather), who can be called informally &#8220;<strong><em>papi<\/em><\/strong>&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>La grand-m<em>\u00e8<\/em>re<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the grandmmother)<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>also informally can be &#8220;<em><strong>mami<\/strong>.<\/em>&#8221; (Like in &#8220;<strong><em>Mami Casse-cou<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;: The French title of the English series &#8220;<strong>Supergran<\/strong>&#8220;!)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Le fr<em>\u00e8<\/em>re<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the brother), who can be said to be &#8220;<strong><em>le frangin.<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>La soeur<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the sister), she can also be called &#8220;<strong><em>la frangine.<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>L&#8217;oncle<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the uncle)<strong>,\u00a0<\/strong>whom you may call\u00a0<strong>&#8220;<em>tonton<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>La tante<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the aunt), you can also call her\u00a0<strong>&#8220;<em>tata<\/em>&#8220;<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Le cousin<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>or<strong>\u00a0<em>la cousine<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(Obviously the cousins.)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Les cousins germains<\/strong><\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em>(These are not necessarily used to designate Wolfgang and Helga,\u00a0your German cousins who live in Frankfurt and Berlin. &#8220;Cousin germain&#8221; simply means &#8220;first cousin&#8221;, just like the English term\u00a0<strong>&#8220;<em>cousin-german<\/em><\/strong>.&#8221;)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Le neveu<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the nephew)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>La ni<strong><em><em>\u00e8<\/em><\/em><\/strong>ce<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the niece)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>L&#8217;\u00e9poux,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>or its feminin,\u00a0<strong><em>l&#8217;\u00e9pouse<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(the spouse), which can also be said\u00a0<em>le mari\u00a0<\/em>(the husband) and\u00a0<strong><em>la femme\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(the wife), or\u00a0<strong><em>le conjoint<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<em><strong>la<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>conjointe.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em><strong>Le fils\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(the son)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>La fille\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(the daughter)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Le petit-fils<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(the grandson)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>La petite-fille\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(the granddaughter)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Les petits-enfants<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(the grandchildren)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/1st-part-jean-baptiste-lully-and-the-baptism-of-lopera-francais-italian-godfather-style\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Le parrain<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/1st-part-jean-baptiste-lully-and-the-baptism-of-lopera-francais-italian-godfather-style\/\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">godfather<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>La maraine\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(the godmother)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><em>Les &#8220;beaux&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(literally, the &#8220;beautiful ones&#8221;):\u00a0The in-laws<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Le beau-fr<strong><em><em>\u00e8<\/em><\/em><\/strong>re<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<em><strong>la belle-soeur<\/strong><\/em><\/span>:\u00a0Contrary to what the literal meaning may suggest, these refer to the brother-in-law and the sister-in-law, whether they&#8217;ve been spoiled by\u00a0<em><strong>dame nature<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(mother nature) or not! Similarly, you have\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>beau-fils<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0(son-in-law, but also means a stepson who can be called &#8220;<strong><em>fils adoptif<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;&#8221;), and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>belle-fille<\/em><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0(daughter-in-law, or a stepdaughter, &#8220;<strong><em>une fille adoptive<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;), and of course the ever-popular among married couples:\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>Le<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<em><strong>beau-p<strong><em><em>\u00e8<\/em><\/em><\/strong>re<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0(father-in-law)\u00a0and\u00a0<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em><strong>la belle-m<strong><em><em>\u00e8<\/em><\/em><\/strong>re<\/strong><\/em><\/span>\u00a0(mother-in-law)<strong>!\u00a0<\/strong><strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>When\u00a0<em>le mari\u00a0<\/em>(the husband) finds himself &#8220;<em>divis\u00e9<\/em>&#8221; (divided):\u00a0<em>L&#8217;<em>\u00e9<\/em>pouse<\/em>\u00a0(the wife) Vs.\u00a0<em>la belle-m\u00e8re<\/em>\u00a0(the mother-in-law)!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, get ready to &#8220;familiarize&#8221; (yes, &#8220;familiarize&#8221;) yourself with a lot of &#8220;famille&#8220;-related French vocabulary! Un\u00a0or\u00a0une\u00a0anc\u00eatre: Ancestor. You can also say\u00a0a\u00efeul\u00a0(forebear.) La m\u00e8re\u00a0(the mother),\u00a0or more informally &#8220;la maman.&#8221; Le p\u00e8re\u00a0(the father), or the informal &#8220;le papa.&#8221; Le grand-p\u00e8re\u00a0(the grandfather), who can be called informally &#8220;papi&#8221;\u00a0 La grand-m\u00e8re\u00a0(the grandmmother),\u00a0also informally can be &#8220;mami.&#8221; (Like in &#8220;Mami&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/jaime-ma-famille-i-love-my-familly\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[12950,12949,12952,12951,12939,12940,12948,12947,65830,12944,12943,12937,12946,24625,12942,12938,12945,12935,12941],"class_list":["post-9387","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-vocabulary","tag-beau-fils","tag-beau-frere","tag-belle-fille","tag-belle-soeur","tag-cousin","tag-cousine","tag-epouse","tag-epoux","tag-fils","tag-grand-mere","tag-grand-pere","tag-maman","tag-marraine","tag-mere","tag-oncle","tag-papa","tag-parrain","tag-pere","tag-tante"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9387"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9387\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28331,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9387\/revisions\/28331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/french\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}