Family – Kazoku – かぞく

1. Family – Kazoku – かぞく

2. 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.

3. Father Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal otousan お父さん chichi 父

4. Mother Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal okaasan お母さん haha 母

5. Older Brother Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal oniisan おにいさん ani あに

6. Younger Brother Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal otoutosan おとうとさん otouto おとうと

7. Older Sister Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal oneesan おねえさん ane あね

8. Younger Sister Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal imoutosan いもうとさん imouto いもうと

9. Grandfather Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal ojiisan おじいさん sofu そふ

10. Grandmother Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal obaasan おばあさん sobo そぼ

11. Uncle Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal ojisan おじさん oji おじ

12. Aunt Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal obasan おばさん oba おば

13. Husband Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal goshujin ごしゅじん shujin しゅじん

14. Wife Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal okusan おくさん tsuma つうま

15. Son Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal musukosan むすこさん musuko むすこ

16. Daughter Talking about Your Family Someone else’s / formal ojousan おじょうさん musume むすめ

17. Useful Words

18. Useful Expressions *4 people is yonin not yonnin – there are a few more changes you’ll learn next lesson