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Family – Kazoku – かぞく. My Family or Yours?. In Japanese there are two ways to say the different family members. It depends on if you are talking about your family, someone else's or speaking formally.
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My Family or Yours? • In Japanese there are two ways to say the different family members. It depends on if you are talking about your family, someone else's or speaking formally. • There are also different ways to say brother and sister depending on if they are older or younger than you.
Father Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal otousan お父さん chichi 父
Mother Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal okaasan お母さん haha 母
Older Brother Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal oniisan おにいさん ani あに
Younger Brother Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal otoutosan おとうとさん otouto おとうと
Older Sister Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal oneesan おねえさん ane あね
Younger Sister Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal imoutosan いもうとさん imouto いもうと
Grandfather Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal ojiisan おじいさん sofu そふ
Grandmother Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal obaasan おばあさん sobo そぼ
Uncle Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal ojisan おじさん oji おじ
Aunt Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal obasan おばさん oba おば
Husband Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal goshujin ごしゅじん shujin しゅじん
Wife Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal okusan おくさん tsuma つうま
Son Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal musukosan むすこさん musuko むすこ
Daughter Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal ojousan おじょうさん musume むすめ
Useful Expressions *4 people is yonin not yonnin – there are a few more changes you’ll learn next lesson