{"id":917,"date":"2011-08-31T10:32:11","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T10:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=917"},"modified":"2011-08-31T10:32:11","modified_gmt":"2011-08-31T10:32:11","slug":"la-famiglia-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/la-famiglia-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"La Famiglia – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

La Famiglia \u00e8 tutto<\/strong> \u2013 family is everything, as we say in Italy.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s have a look at how we name the immediate members of our family, beginning with our parents.<\/p>\n

Here we have a classic example of un falso amico<\/strong> \u2013 a false friend, i.e. a word that sounds the same in both Italian and English but which has a different meaning. <\/p>\n

In Italian parente<\/strong> (plural = parenti<\/strong>) means not parent but relative:<\/p>\n

To talk about a female relative we might say: Giovanna \u00e8 una mia parente <\/strong>\u2013  Giovanna is a relative of mine<\/p>\n

To talk about a male relative we might say: Luca \u00e8 un mio<\/strong> parente <\/strong>\u2013  Luca is a relative of mine<\/p>\n

So what do we call our parents? I miei genitori<\/strong> \u2013 my parents, often shortened to simply i miei<\/strong>: <\/p>\n

stamattina vado a trovare i miei<\/strong> \u2013 this morning I\u2019m going to visit my parents<\/p>\n

I genitori di Giovanna abitano a Sarzana<\/strong>  \u2013 Giovanna\u2019s parents live in Sarzana<\/p>\n

My father is mio padre<\/strong>, although I usually call him pap\u00e0<\/strong>. Some people use the word babbo<\/strong> which also means dad.<\/p>\n

Il babbo di Luca fa il falegname<\/strong> \u2013 Luca\u2019s dad is a carpenter<\/p>\n

Mia madre<\/strong> is my mother, but I usually call her mamma<\/strong> \u2013 mum<\/p>\n

Fratello<\/strong> means brother: Mio fratello Francesco abita vicino a Lucca<\/strong> \u2013 my brother Francesco lives near Lucca<\/p>\n

Ho tre fratelli<\/strong> \u2013 I\u2019ve got three brothers, per\u00f2 non ho sorelle<\/strong> \u2013 I haven\u2019t got any sisters however<\/p>\n

Geoff ha quattro sorelle<\/strong> \u2013 Geoff has four sisters, sua sorella pi\u00f9 piccola abita in Francia<\/strong> \u2013 his youngest sister lives in France<\/p>\n

N.B.when we talk about siblings in general we use the masculine fratelli<\/strong>, e.g.<\/p>\n

Quanti fratelli hai?<\/strong> – how many brothers and sisters do you have? Ho un fratello e due sorelle<\/strong> \u2013 I\u2019ve got one brother and two sisters.<\/p>\n

Figlio<\/strong> (plural = figli<\/strong>) is son, and figlia<\/strong> (plural = figlie<\/strong>) is daughter, however, when talking about children in general we use the masculine form figli<\/strong>:<\/p>\n

Michele e Giada hanno tre figli, tutti e tre maschi<\/strong> \u2013 Michele and Giada have three children, all boys<\/p>\n

Luca, quanti figli hai? \u2026 ne ho due, un maschio ed una femmina<\/strong> \u2013 Luca, how many children have you got? \u2026 I\u2019ve got two, a boy and a girl<\/p>\n

Roberta, quanti figli hai? \u2026 Ho due figlie<\/strong> \u2013 Roberta, how many children have you got? \u2026 I\u2019ve got two daughters<\/p>\n

N.B. Luca replies: ne ho due, un maschio ed una femmina<\/u><\/strong> rather than ho un figlio e una figlia<\/u><\/strong>. Roberta, on the other hand, could have replied ho due femmine<\/strong> \u2013 I\u2019ve got two girls.<\/p>\n

Armando \u00e8 figlio unico<\/strong> \u2013 Armando is an only (male) child, and Carolina \u00e8 figlia unica<\/strong> \u2013 Carolina (female) is an only child.<\/p>\n

Cecilia ha due figli adottivi, una ragazza di diciannove anni ed un ragazzo di diciassette anni<\/strong> \u2013 Cecilia has two adopted children, a nineteen year old girl and a boy of seventeen<\/p>\n

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In part two we\u2019ll have a look at the extended family.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

La Famiglia \u00e8 tutto \u2013 family is everything, as we say in Italy. Let\u2019s have a look at how we name the immediate members of our family, beginning with our parents. Here we have a classic example of un falso amico \u2013 a false friend, i.e. a word that sounds the same in both Italian…<\/p>\n

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