For beginners building core family vocabulary: parents, siblings, relatives, and the simple words used to describe them.
Free Family & People vocabulary flashcards at the A1 level — all 35 words with definitions and examples. Study them with spaced repetition and start using these words in everyday conversation.
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family
a group of people, like a mom, dad, and kids, who live together.
mother
a woman who has a child.
father
a man who has a child.
parents
a mother and a father together.
sister
a girl or woman who has the same mother or father as you.
brother
a boy or man who has the same mother or father as you.
son
a boy or man who is someone's child.
daughter
a girl or woman who is someone's child.
child
a young boy or girl.
baby
a very young child.
grandmother
the mother of your mother or father.
grandfather
the father of your mother or father.
aunt
the sister of your mother or father.
uncle
the brother of your mother or father.
wife
the woman a man is married to.
husband
the man a woman is married to.
friend
a person you like and know well.
people
more than one person.
to love
to like someone or something very much.
to live
to have your home in a place.
to help
to do something good for another person.
to hug
to put your arms around someone to show love.
to smile
to move your mouth to show you are happy.
to talk
to say words to another person.
to meet
to see and talk to a person for the first time.
to grow
to become bigger or older.
to marry
to become someone's husband or wife.
young
not old; born not many years ago.
old
having lived for many years.
happy
feeling good and pleased.
kind
gentle and good to other people.
big
large in size.
small
little in size.
married
having a husband or wife.
tall
having a big height, not short.