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5.1.4: Práctica - La familia

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    Objetivos
    • Identify familial relations and other relationships
    • Use vocabulary related to family

    Vocabulary

    To speak about step family, use the suffix –astro/a:

    • Padrastro / Madrastra
    • Hijastro / Hijastra
    • Hermanastro / Hermanastra

    For former partners, use “ex”

    • Ex novio / ex novia
    • Ex esposo / ex esposa
    • “Mi ex”

    For half siblings, use the prefix medio/a:

    • Medio hermano
    • Media hermana

    For same sex couples, use the masculine plural for men and the feminine plural for women.

    • Los esposos / Los novios
    • Las esposas / Las novias
     

    Pareja meaning “couple” and “partner” may be used by anyone.

    Jorge y Ana son una pareja.

    Lupe es mi pareja.

    Actividad 1

    ¿Es la palabra correcta? Read the sentences below that describe family relationships. Indicate correcto or incorrecto depending on the description. If the statement is incorrect, provide the appropriate family vocabulary to make it correct.

      ¿Correcto o incorrecto? Correción
    1. Mi marido es mi esposo. __________________________________ __________________________________________
    2. Los hijos de mis tíos son mis primos. __________________________________ __________________________________________
    3. La hija de mi hermano es mi hermana. __________________________________ __________________________________________
    4. Mi mujer es mi abuela. __________________________________ __________________________________________
    5. Los hijos de mis hijos son mis nietos. __________________________________ __________________________________________
    6. El padre de mi espos@ es mi suegro. __________________________________ __________________________________________
    7. El hijo de mi hermana es mi cuñado. __________________________________ __________________________________________
    8. La esposa de mi hijo es mi hija. __________________________________ __________________________________________
    9. Las hermanas de mi madre son mis tías. __________________________________ __________________________________________
    10. Los padres de mis padres son mis abuelos. __________________________________ __________________________________________

    Actividad 2

    ¿Qué ves? Make up relationships to describe the people you see in the photo. Use the verb ser for review.

    Por ejemplo:

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    Ana y Jorge son esposos. Lupita es su hija.

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    Lupe / Carlos / Viviana

    ___________________________________________

    ___________________________________________
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    Marcela / Gloria / Lucía

    ___________________________________________

    ___________________________________________
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    Rafael / Ines / Álvaro
    ___________________________________________

    ___________________________________________
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    Diego / Leonardo / Tomás / Elías
    ___________________________________________

    ___________________________________________

    Actividad 3

    Preguntas personales. Watch the short video for an example of how to discuss family members and provide information about them. Then use the following questions below to discuss family members with a classmate. Take turns asking and answering questions. Use that information to draw a family tree of your partner's immediate family (questions 1-5). Show each other the trees you have drawn to see if you understood each other correctly.

      Mis respuestas Las respuestas de mi compañero/a
    1. ¿Cómo se llama tu mamá?    
    2. ¿Cómo se llama tu papá?    
    3. ¿Cuántos años tiene tu mamá? ¿Y tu papá?    
    4. ¿Tienes hermanos o hermanas? ¿Cuántos?    
    5. ¿Cómo se llaman tus abuelos?    
    6. ¿Tienes muchos primos? ¿Cuántos? ¿Más de seis?    
    7. ¿Tienes sobrinos?    
    8. ¿Tienes mascotas? ¿Qué son, cómo se llaman, y cuántos años tienen?    


    Hand drawn tree of life with roots and leaves

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