Latin/Family Lesson 1

Salvēte omnēs!

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Although we have learned many of the family/relationship nouns, we haven’t necessarily studied them together. This lesson will give us the chance to study the old and a few new words side by side. Remember the basic endings for the first 3 noun declensions, and review those lessons if necessary. Because these are commonly used terms, there are many synonyms. For example, a child can be puer, puella, nātus, parvulus, īnfāns, līber, and probably others. And frequently plural masculine nouns are used to refer to a mixed group (in essence, many masculine nouns can be considered common gender, or may be representative of both males and females).

Practice
Next lesson, we’ll look at some of the complex terms for grandchildren, aunts, uncles and cousins... unless we decide to leave it for a more advanced lesson because it really is more complicated than in English! Also, you may enjoy this site for a Family Tree in Latin

Valēte et bonam fortūnam!