5-Minute Spanish Class #014: The Family

The Family: la familia

el esposo husband	la esposa wife	el hijo son	la hija daughter
el hermano brother	la hermana sister	el padre father	la madre mother
el abuelo grandfather	La abuela grandmother	la tía aunt	el tío uncle
el sobrino nephew	la sobrina niece	la prima  cousin	el primo  cousin
la cuñada  sister-in-law	el cuñado  brother-in-law

 

Activity:

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Look at the Buendía family tree from Gabriel García Márquez‘s 100 Years of Solitude and fill in the blanks:

1. Rebeca es __________ de Nicanor Ulloa.
2. Fernanda del Carpio es __________ de Aureliano Babilonia.
3. Úrsula Iguarán es _________de Jose Arcadio Buendía.
4. Aureliano Segundo es ________de Santa Sofía de la Piedad
5. Amaranta Úrsula es __________de Renata Remedios

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Answers to activity:

1. La hija
2. La abuela
3. La esposa
4. El hijo
5. La hermana

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