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Here is some vocabulary and a little Grammar regarding the family in Italian:

FAMILY VOCABULARY

  • I GENITORI: parents
  • LA MADRE: mother
  • LA MAMMA: mom
  • IL PADRE: father
  • IL PAPÀ: dad
  • LA FIGLIA: daughter
  • IL FIGLIO: son
  • IL FRATELLO: brother
  • LA SORELLA: sister
  • LA MOGLIE: wife
  • IL MARITO: husband
  • LA ZIA: aunt
  • LO ZIO: oncle
  • IL CUGINO: cousin
  • LA CUGINA: cousin
  • IL NIPOTE: nephew/grandson
  • LA NIPOTE: niece/granddaughter
  • I NONNI: grandparents
  • LA NONNA: grandmother
  • IL NONNO: grandfather
  • LA MADRINA: Godmother
  • IL PADRINO: Godfather
  • IL FIDANZATO / RAGAZZO: boyfriend
  • LA FIDANZATA / RAGAZZA: girlfriend
  • IL FRATELLASTRO: brother-in-law
  • LA SORELLASTRA: sister-in-law
  • LA MATRIGNA: mother-in-law
  • IL PATRIGNO: father-in-law
  • IL FIGLIASTRO: son-in-law
  • LA FIGLIASTRA: daughter-in-law

Grammar: possessive adjectives and family names

Here is an interesting point in Italian regarding possessive adjectives and family names.

You don't use an article in front of the possessive adjective if it is in front of a family name in the singular (madre, padre, figlio, figlia, fratello, sorella, marito, moglie, ecc.).

However, you use an article in the plural.

family name in the singular

  • mia madre (fa eccezione "mamma", la mia mamma)
  • tuo padre (fa eccezione "papà" e "babbo", il tuo papà, il tuo babbo)
  • suo fratello
  • vostra sorella

family name in the plural

  • i suoi fratelli
  • le vostre sorelle
  • i nostri nonni
  • le sue cugine

family name with an adjective or if modified

If the family name in the singular goes with an adjective (example: la mia sorella minore) or is modified (example: fratellino, sorellaccia, nonnino, and so on)

you add an article in front of the possessive adjective:

  • il mio fratello maggiore
  • la tua bella sorella
  • la mia sorella sposata
  • il mio fratellino

loro

With "loro" you always need the article:

Singular:

  • il loro padre
  • la loro madre
  • il loro fratello

Plural:

  • i loro fratelli
  • le loro zie
  • i loro nipoti

Italian Expressions using family members

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