2.3 Vocab – Talking about Families
Your Task
The interns are making small talk with their teams about their families back home! Please go through the following words to better understand them.
Vocabulary Set 1
- 但是 dàn shì - but
- 今年 jīn nián - this year
- 多大 duō dà - how old?
- 岁 suì - classifier for eyars (of age)
- 弟弟 dì di - younger brother
- 个 gè - a measure word for general object
- 兄弟 xiōng dì - brothers
- 姐妹 jiě mèi - sisters
- 哥哥 gē ge - older brother
- 妹妹 mèi mei - younger siser
Practice
Vocabulary Set 2
- 双胞胎 shuāng bāo tāi - twin
- 姐姐 jiě jie - older sister
- 生日 shēng rì - birthday
- 鸡 jī - chicken
- 月 yuè - moon
- 号 hào - ordinal number; day of the month
- 过生日 guò shēng rì - to celebrate a birthday
- 口 kǒu - mouth
- 爸爸 bà ba - (informal) father
- 妈妈 mā ma - mama
