Vocabulary 4: Family and Relationships

 

Vocabulary 4: Family and Relationships

Topic: People and connections

Vocabulary Examples (English – Swedish)

• mother – mamma
• father – pappa
• sibling – syskon
• cousin – kusin
• friend – vän
• grandmother – mormor/farmor
• grandfather – morfar/farfar
• child – barn
• uncle – farbror/morbror
• aunt – faster/moster

Family and Relationships Vocabulary (Part 2)

English	Swedish
grandmother	mormor / farmor
grandfather	morfar / farfar
aunt	moster / faster
uncle	morbror / farbror
niece	systerdotter / brorsdotter
nephew	systerson / brorson
daughter	dotter
son	son
husband	make / man
wife	maka / fru
parents	föräldrar
grandparents	morföräldrar / farföräldrar
child	barn
baby	bebis
in-laws	svärföräldrar
stepmother	styvmor
stepfather	styvfar
stepsibling	styvsyskon
partner	partner / sambo
relationship	förhållande

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Suggested Activities: Practice at Home

1. Family Tree Exercises (Släktträd)

Instructions:

Draw a basic family tree and label each member in Swedish.

Learners fill in their own family tree with terms like mamma, pappa, kusin, etc.

Example Sentence Practice:

“Min mamma heter Anna.” – My mother’s name is Anna.

“Jag har två syskon.” – I have two siblings.

2. Vocabulary Crosswords

Instructions:

Provide crossword puzzles using Swedish family terms as clues or answers.

Example Clue:

“Your father’s brother” → farbror

Variation: Do a “match-the-term” activity: Match English → Swedish.