Family Vocabulary We all have some family or relatives, whether it be a few people or a really large group.

Family also plays a very important role in Korean culture, and a lot of the relationships are built directly into the language itself. For this reason, it's important to learn the different terms for relationships among the family. English Korean parents mother father wife husband children daughter son brother / / sister / / baby grandparents grandmother grandfather grandchildren granddaughter grandson niece nephew cousin father-in-law (wife's father) father-in-law (husband's father) mother-in-law (wife's mother) mother-in-law (husband's mother) son-in-law daughter-in-law Notes: As you may have seen, orean has a few different words that appear to mean the same thing! "his is where orean differs from #nglish! $n #nglish we have the word %sister%, but in orean there is , , and ! &hich do you use' $t depends on the relationship! A boy will call his older sister ! A girl will call her older sister ! A younger sister is for both! "he same applies for other relationships!!! A boy will call his older brother ! A girl will call her older brother ! A younger brother is for both! (ou will also notice there are other cases, such as father-in-law and mother-in-law! "he relationship is easily understood simply from the vocabulary used! Aunt and )ncle have several different words depending on the relationship, so $ have posted them below! $t's confusing at first, but once you *now the vocabulary and relationship, $ can tal* about my and you instantly *now that he is married to my mother's sister! $ no longer have to e+plain the relationship! $n #nglish, $ would simply say something li*e )ncle ,avid, and if $ wanted to provide more details, the easiest way to e+plain it is to simply say, %-e is married to my mother's sister!% #nglish orean father's sister mother's sister father's sister-in-law father's brother

mother's brother father's brother-in-law mother's brother-in-law &ith all of those, you should understand most any common family relationship when discussed in orean! "hey are used very fre.uently when tal*ing about family, so it is wise to understand them! ($n #nglish $ rarely say something li*e sister, cousin - $ simply say their name! $n orean you generally use the relationship term instead of their given name)!