JAPANESE Lesson Three - The Family

[Rihanna Bae]

Understand biggrin  

[KassyRawr]

I understand.

 

[RosukeDesu]

I'm Learning!
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ninja  

[RosukeDesu]

i do have a question tho:
"ryoushin" is this plural? if so wat is the singular version?
and could u use them both in examples just so i can see how they r used?  

[Lizlav]

Learning and Understanding.
But when you introduce your family to others, do you use the "okaasan,etc." or the "haha,ect."?  

[Starry Starry Fright]

Lizlav

Learning and Understanding.
But when you introduce your family to others, do you use the "okaasan,etc." or the "haha,ect."?

If you are making reference to a member of your own family, you always use the informal version. So "haha". It's a more humble way of referring to your family.  

[cooking_sage]

I understand now.  

[japanroxxs]

thanks for the lesson it really helped i didnt know their was a difference when u refer to ur own family and when you refer to someone elses family  

[Starry Starry Fright]

japanroxxs

thanks for the lesson it really helped i didnt know their was a difference when u refer to ur own family and when you refer to someone elses family

No problem!  

[Nana Shinu Ai]

Joyce is my mom
Joisu wa watashi no okāsandesu
ジョイスは私のお母さんです

understand it by breaking it down

Matthew is my older brother
Mashū wa watashi no anidesu
マシューは私の兄です  

[ORANGIE JUUSH]

Watashi no kazouku wa haha to sobu to watashi desu.
My family consists of my mother, my grandmother and myself.

 

[Dreamer-s hideaway]

Oh...now I understand. biggrin thank you  

[xX KuroNeko_13 Xx]

awesome! I understand ^^  

[Starry Starry Fright]

Lizlav

Learning and Understanding.
But when you introduce your family to others, do you use the "okaasan,etc." or the "haha,ect."?

When you're introducing your family to others, you use the informal "Haha", "Chichi", etc.  

[Starry Starry Fright]

RosukeDesu

i do have a question tho:
"ryoushin" is this plural? if so wat is the singular version?
and could u use them both in examples just so i can see how they r used?

Ahh, I should have mentioned this. The Japanese don't have plural forms to their nouns, so you can use the same word for singular or plural.