Family – Kazoku – かぞく
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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.
Family – Kazoku – かぞく
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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