day 69my parents
unit 10 · family & feelingsmy parents
Talk about your parents and grandparents, and say where and when someone was born.
today’s words
- 父親 fùqīn · father
- 母親 mǔqīn · mother
- 父母 fùmǔ · parents
- 男人 nánrén · man
- 女人 nǚrén · woman
- 兄弟 xiōngdì · brothers
- 外公 wàigōng · grandpa (mum’s father)
- 外婆 wàipó · grandma (mum’s mother)
- 孫子 sūnzi · grandson
- 孫女 sūnnǚ · granddaughter
- 年紀 niánjì · age (of a person)
- 出生 chūshēng · be born
- 長大 zhǎngdà · grow up
sentences
- 我是在臺北出生的。 · I was born in Taipei.
- 我父親在臺南出生，在臺北長大。 · My father was born in Tainan and grew up in Taipei.
- 我外公和外婆住在花蓮。 · My mum’s parents live in Hualien.
- 你父母是哪一年出生的？ · What year were your parents born?
- 他們有三個孫子和一個孫女。 · They have three grandsons and one granddaughter.