ItalianA1Lesson 4.1
🇮🇹 Italian A1 · Lesson 4.1

La mia famiglia — Family members

Talk about your family and say who people are.

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Someone describes their small family.

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la madrethe mother 🔊
il padrethe father 🔊
il fratellothe brother 🔊
la sorellathe sister 🔊
mio / mia / mieimy (m./f./pl.) 🔊
hoI have 🔊

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« Ho una sorella e un fratello. » 🔊
I have a sister and a brother.
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Pronunciation

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Hai fratelli o sorelle? 🔊Do you have brothers or sisters?
Sì, ho una sorella e un fratello. 🔊Yes, I have a sister and a brother.
E i tuoi genitori? 🔊And your parents?
Mia madre è insegnante e mio padre è medico. 🔊My mother is a teacher and my father is a doctor.
Grammar in focus · mio / mia / miei

Possessives agree with the noun: « mio padre » (m.), « mia madre » (f.), « i miei genitori » (pl.). They usually take the article, except with single family members.

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Write 2–3 sentences about your family: who they are and what one of them does.

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Tip for this task
Bene! « mio padre », « mia madre », « i miei genitori ».

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1. “My sister” is…
2. « ho » means…
3. “My” (m. plural) is…
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