{"id":2248,"date":"2019-06-25T13:38:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T13:38:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/meditaspanish.com\/?p=2248"},"modified":"2019-10-08T12:25:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T12:25:03","slug":"familia-espanola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/onlineactivities\/spanish-family\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfTe suena? Hablar de los familiares en espa\u00f1ol"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?--><p>Cuando empezamos a aprender espa\u00f1ol, la mayor\u00eda de la gente prefiere aspirar a <strong>f\u00e1cil 1TP4Habilidades adicionales<\/strong> instead of heavy grammar. This way we get a sense of achievable fluency from the very beginning. In other words, it\u2019s good to have some <strong>vocabulario listo para usar<\/strong>. That\u2019s why in this entry we will tackle an all-time favourite:\u00a0<strong>familiares<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>El ingl\u00e9s y el espa\u00f1ol guardan muchas similitudes en su vocabulario. Sin embargo, no ocurre lo mismo con <strong>familiares<\/strong>. Exceptuando el universal <em>m<\/em> sonido de la palabra <em>madre<\/em>casi todas las dem\u00e1s palabras parecen no parecerse en nada. \u00bfQu\u00e9 puede hacer entonces un estudiante de espa\u00f1ol? Pues las viejas listas de vocabulario. Ve\u00e1moslas.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Los regulares<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents-pro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/blog\/false-friends\/\" class=\"template-4\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"CONVERSA espa\u00f1ol ingl\u00e9s falsos amigos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends.png 825w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends-768x489.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"><div class=\"postTitle\"><span><strong>Leer m\u00e1s<\/strong>V\u00eddeo: Falsos amigos espa\u00f1ol-ingl\u00e9s<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><p>We\u2019re pretty sure you\u2019ve become somewhat <em>familiar<\/em> con este vocabulario, pero por si te falla la memoria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Madre, mam\u00e1 \u2013<\/strong> madre, mam\u00e1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Padre, pap\u00e1 \u2013<\/strong> padre, pap\u00e1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hijo<\/strong> \u2013 son<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hija<\/strong> \u2013 daughter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hermanos \u2013<\/strong> hermanos<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hermano \u2013<\/strong> hermano<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hermana \u2013<\/strong> hermana<\/li>\n<li><strong>Padres, madres, padres y madres \u2013<\/strong> padres<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Cuidado con <strong>falsos amigos<\/strong>: \u201c<em>parientes<\/em>\u201d doesn\u2019t mean \u201c<em>padres<\/em>\u201c, but \u201c<em>familiares<\/em>\u201c.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>T\u00eda \u2013<\/strong> t\u00eda<\/li>\n<li><strong>T\u00edo \u2013<\/strong> t\u00edo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sobrino<\/strong> \u2013 nephew<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sobrina<\/strong> \u2013 niece<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abuela \u2013<\/strong> abuela<\/li>\n<li><strong>Abuelo \u2013<\/strong> abuelo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nieto<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 grandson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nieta<\/strong> \u2013 granddaughter<\/li>\n<li><strong>Primo, prima \u2013<\/strong> primo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>\u00bfY los suegros?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Suegro, suegra<\/strong> \u2013 father-in-law, mother-in-law<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nuera<\/strong> \u2013 daughter-in-law<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yerno<\/strong> \u2013 son-in-law<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cu\u00f1ado, cu\u00f1ada<\/strong> \u2013 brother-in-law, sister-in-law<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents-pro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/onlineactivities\/verb-conjugations\/\" class=\"template-4\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"CONVERSA CONJUGA VERBOS ESPA\u00d1OLES EN PRESENTE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT.png 825w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT-768x489.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"><div class=\"postTitle\"><span><strong>Leer m\u00e1s<\/strong>Actividad en l\u00ednea: Conjugar verbos espa\u00f1oles en presente<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><p>Additionally, the equivalent for \u201cthe in-laws\u201d is \u201cla familia pol\u00edtica\u201d in Spanish. Nothing to do with actual politicians, though.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Otro vocabulario \u00fatil<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Casado, casada \u2013<\/strong> casada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Viudo \u2013<\/strong> viudo<\/li>\n<li><strong>Viuda \u2013<\/strong> viuda<\/li>\n<li><strong>Separado, separada \u2013<\/strong> separado<\/li>\n<li><strong>Divorciado, divorciada \u2013<\/strong> divorciado<\/li>\n<li><strong>Marido o esposo \u2013<\/strong> marido<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mujer o esposa \u2013<\/strong> esposa<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prometido \u2013<\/strong> fianc\u00e9<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prometida \u2013<\/strong> fianc\u00e9e<\/li>\n<li><strong>Novio \u2013<\/strong> novio o novia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Novia \u2013<\/strong> novia o novia<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pareja \u2013<\/strong> socio<\/li>\n<li><strong>Amigo, amiga \u2013<\/strong> amigo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you find that vocabulary lists are boring and don\u2019t actually help you, <strong>intenta aprender frases sencillas<\/strong> instead. If you memorise one or two simple structures, they\u2019re likely to <strong>se te va la lengua<\/strong> en una conversaci\u00f3n en lugar de tener que pensar palabra por palabra. Adem\u00e1s, lo bueno es que puedes sustituir cualquier palabra en cualquier momento y \u00a1seguir\u00e1n funcionando!<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>______ es ______:<br>\n\u2013 Mi madre es fontanera\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><br>\nMi madre es fontanera<br>\n<strong>\u2013 Mi nieto es enfermero<br>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 Mi nieto es enfermero<\/li>\n<li><strong>I\u2019m ______:<br>\n\u2013 Estoy divorciada\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><br>\nI\u2019m divorced<br>\n<strong>\u2013 Estoy prometido<\/strong><br>\nI\u2019m engaged<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tengo ______:<br>\n\u2013 Tengo 3 hermanos\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><br>\nTengo 3 hermanos<br>\n<strong>\u2013 Tengo una familia muy grande<br>\n<\/strong>\u00a0 Tengo una gran familia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>\u00bfTal vez est\u00e1s confundido con todas las palabras que acaban en -o o -a? Entonces consulta nuestra entrada sobre <a href=\"http:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/onlineactivities\/genero-sustantivo\/\"><strong>g\u00e9nero gramatical<\/strong><\/a>. It\u2019s a must on your Spanish-learning journey in the first place\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Y ahora puedes poner en pr\u00e1ctica estos conocimientos con esta actividad gratuita en l\u00ednea!<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0px; width: 100%; height: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/learningapps.org\/watch?v=pjc61htdc19\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When we first start learning Spanish, most people prefer to aim for easy conversational skills instead of heavy grammar. This way we get a sense of achievable fluency from the very beginning. In other words, it\u2019s good to have some vocabulary ready to go. That\u2019s why in this entry we will tackle an all-time favourite:\u00a0family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,6,7,24],"tags":[38,181,75,12,49],"class_list":["post-2248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a1","category-onlineactivities","category-blog","category-vocabulary","tag-family","tag-family-members","tag-learn-spanish-online","tag-online-activity","tag-spanish-vocabulary"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/CONVERSA-Sounds-Familiar-Speaking-About-Family-Members-in-Spanish.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}