{"id":14721,"date":"2015-07-03T15:50:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T06:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=14721"},"modified":"2026-06-04T02:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T17:50:11","slug":"italian-family-vocabulary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-family-vocabulary\/","title":{"rendered":"Italian Family Vocabulary: 40 Words + the Possessive Trap (A1\/A2)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-tldr-italian-family-vocabulary\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>TL;DR.<\/strong> Italian family vocabulary in 40 words: parents, siblings, in-laws, step-family. Plus the article-with-possessive trap (mio padre vs il mio amico) and the nipote ambiguity. Sunday-lunch dialogue, mini challenges, and FAQ.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italian family vocabulary is one of the first sets every learner reaches for, and italian family vocabulary trips up English speakers in a very specific way. Italian family vocabulary covers more than the obvious <em>padre, madre, fratello, sorella<\/em>. You also need <em>cugino<\/em> (cousin), <em>zio<\/em> (uncle), <em>nipote<\/em> (which doubles as both nephew\/niece and grandson\/granddaughter), the in-laws (<em>suocero, suocera, cognato, cognata, genero, nuora<\/em>), and the step-family (<em>patrigno, matrigna, fratellastro<\/em>). On top of the words, italian family vocabulary triggers a famous italian family vocabulary grammar trap: with singular family members in the singular, the possessive does NOT take the article (<em>mio padre<\/em>, not <em>il mio padre<\/em>), but with plurals the article comes back (<em>i miei genitori<\/em>). This A1\/A2 guide gives you the 40 most useful words organised by household tier, the possessive rule with all four cases, a Sunday-lunch dialogue at the nonna&#8217;s house in Modena, a cheat sheet, a collapsible mini-challenge, and a pronunciation note.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-background is-style-wide\" style=\"background-color:#ab2227;color:#ab2227\" \/>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-fam-toc\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cosa impareremo oggi<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">\ud83d\udc46\ud83c\udffb Jump to section<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#core\">The core family: parents, siblings, children<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#extended\">Extended family: grandparents, uncles, cousins, nephews<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#in-laws\">In-laws: suocero, cognato, genero, nuora<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#step\">Step-family and modern relationships<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#possessive\">The possessive trap: mio padre vs il mio amico<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#nipote\">The nipote ambiguity<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#regions\">Italian family structure across regions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#inlaws-extended\">In-laws and extended family<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#cheat-sheet\">Cheat sheet<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#dialog\">Dialogue: Sunday lunch in Modena<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#faq\">Frequently asked questions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"core\">The core family: parents, siblings, children<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The italian core family is the foundation of italian family vocabulary, and it follows a clean masculine\/feminine pattern: <em>-o<\/em> for masculine, <em>-a<\/em> for feminine, <em>-e<\/em> common gender (it stays the same and only the article changes). Plurals end in <em>-i<\/em> for masculine and <em>-e<\/em> for feminine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Italian<\/th><th>English<\/th><th>Plural<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>il padre<\/td><td>father<\/td><td>i padri<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la madre<\/td><td>mother<\/td><td>le madri<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il pap\u00e0<\/td><td>dad<\/td><td>i pap\u00e0 (invariable)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la mamma<\/td><td>mum<\/td><td>le mamme<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il fratello<\/td><td>brother<\/td><td>i fratelli<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la sorella<\/td><td>sister<\/td><td>le sorelle<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il figlio<\/td><td>son<\/td><td>i figli<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la figlia<\/td><td>daughter<\/td><td>le figlie<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>i genitori<\/td><td>parents<\/td><td>(only plural)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>i fratelli<\/td><td>siblings (mixed)<\/td><td>(masc. plural covers all)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-obs-core\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mio <strong>padre<\/strong> insegna matematica al liceo. <em>My father teaches maths at high school.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>I miei <strong>fratelli<\/strong> giocano a pallavolo a Treviso. <em>My brothers play volleyball in Treviso.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>La <strong>figlia<\/strong> di Marta studia medicina a Padova. <em>Marta&#8217;s daughter studies medicine in Padua.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>I miei <strong>genitori<\/strong> abitano vicino al duomo. <em>My parents live near the cathedral.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ms1-core-dida\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83c\udfaf Mini-Challenge:<\/strong> core family<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><li>My father teaches at the university.<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>My parents are on holiday.<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<details>\n<summary><strong>Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><li>Mio padre insegna all&#8217;universit\u00e0.<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>I miei genitori sono in vacanza.<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"extended\">Extended family: grandparents, uncles, cousins, nephews<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The next layer of italian family vocabulary covers grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins and the famously ambiguous <em>nipote<\/em>. These words come up at every Sunday lunch, every birthday, every funeral, so they pay back the effort of memorising them faster than almost any other italian family vocabulary set.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Italian<\/th><th>English<\/th><th>Plural<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>il nonno<\/td><td>grandfather<\/td><td>i nonni (also: grandparents)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la nonna<\/td><td>grandmother<\/td><td>le nonne<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>lo zio<\/td><td>uncle<\/td><td>gli zii<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la zia<\/td><td>aunt<\/td><td>le zie<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il cugino<\/td><td>male cousin<\/td><td>i cugini<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la cugina<\/td><td>female cousin<\/td><td>le cugine<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il nipote<\/td><td>nephew \/ grandson<\/td><td>i nipoti<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la nipote<\/td><td>niece \/ granddaughter<\/td><td>le nipoti<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il bisnonno<\/td><td>great-grandfather<\/td><td>i bisnonni<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il pronipote<\/td><td>great-grandchild<\/td><td>i pronipoti<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>i parenti<\/td><td>relatives<\/td><td>(only plural)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-obs-ext\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>I miei <strong>nonni<\/strong> hanno una casa di campagna in Toscana. <em>My grandparents have a country house in Tuscany.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mia <strong>zia<\/strong> Lucia \u00e8 insegnante a Trieste. <em>My aunt Lucia is a teacher in Trieste.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Il mio <strong>cugino<\/strong> pi\u00f9 grande si chiama Stefano. <em>My oldest cousin&#8217;s name is Stefano.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Ho una <strong>nipote<\/strong> di sei anni che parla gi\u00e0 due lingue. <em>I have a six-year-old niece who already speaks two languages.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ms2-ext-dida\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83c\udfaf Mini-Challenge:<\/strong> extended family<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><li>My grandparents live in Tuscany.<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>My uncle Beppe is a teacher.<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<details>\n<summary><strong>Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><li>I miei nonni vivono in Toscana.<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>Mio zio Beppe \u00e8 insegnante.<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"in-laws\">In-laws: suocero, cognato, genero, nuora<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In-laws are where italian family vocabulary becomes pleasantly compact: italian has single dedicated words where English needs <em>-in-law<\/em> compounds. Once you add these to your italian family vocabulary, you can describe an entire wedding party in three sentences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Italian<\/th><th>English<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>il suocero \/ la suocera<\/td><td>father-in-law \/ mother-in-law<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il cognato \/ la cognata<\/td><td>brother-in-law \/ sister-in-law<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il genero<\/td><td>son-in-law<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la nuora<\/td><td>daughter-in-law<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il marito<\/td><td>husband<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la moglie<\/td><td>wife<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il fidanzato \/ la fidanzata<\/td><td>fianc\u00e9 \/ fianc\u00e9e (also: boyfriend \/ girlfriend)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il compagno \/ la compagna<\/td><td>partner (long-term, unmarried)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-obs-inlaws\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mia <strong>suocera<\/strong> cucina meglio di mia madre, ma non lo dico a nessuno. <em>My mother-in-law cooks better than my mother, but I don&#8217;t tell anyone.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Il <strong>marito<\/strong> di Sara \u00e8 cuoco in un ristorante a Trieste. <em>Sara&#8217;s husband is a chef in a Trieste restaurant.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Il mio <strong>cognato<\/strong> Andrea fa il commercialista. <em>My brother-in-law Andrea is an accountant.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Beppe e Lucia sono <strong>compagni<\/strong> da quindici anni. <em>Beppe and Lucia have been partners for fifteen years.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ms3-inlaws-dida\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83c\udfaf Mini-Challenge:<\/strong> in-laws vocabulary<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><li>My mother-in-law cooks well.<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>My brother-in-law is an accountant.<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<details>\n<summary><strong>Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><li>Mia suocera cucina bene.<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>Mio cognato \u00e8 commercialista.<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"step\">Step-family and modern relationships<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Within italian family vocabulary, the step-family layer is shorter in italian than in English, and it tends to sound formal or even slightly negative (the suffix <em>-astro<\/em> historically had a pejorative tone). Most modern italians prefer to use the first name plus a clarifying phrase rather than the textbook word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Italian<\/th><th>English<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>il patrigno<\/td><td>stepfather<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la matrigna<\/td><td>stepmother<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il fratellastro \/ la sorellastra<\/td><td>stepbrother \/ stepsister (or half-)<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il figliastro \/ la figliastra<\/td><td>stepson \/ stepdaughter (rare)<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-obs-step\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Natural usage:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Most italians say <em>il marito di mia madre<\/em> rather than <em>il mio patrigno<\/em>, even when they have a good relationship.<\/li>\n<li><em>Fratellastro<\/em> can mean stepbrother or half-brother. To avoid ambiguity, italians often specify: <em>il figlio del primo matrimonio di mia madre<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><em>Figliastro<\/em> sounds bookish; in conversation italians say <em>il figlio di mio marito<\/em> or use the first name.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"possessive\">The possessive trap: mio padre vs il mio amico<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the rule that catches every English speaker learning italian family vocabulary. Italian normally uses possessive + article: <em>il mio amico, la mia casa, i miei libri<\/em>. With family members in the singular, the article is dropped: <em>mio padre, mia madre, mio fratello, mia zia<\/em>. With family members in the plural, the article comes back: <em>i miei genitori, le mie sorelle, i miei nonni<\/em>. Below is the four-case grid that every italian family vocabulary learner should memorise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Case<\/th><th>Article?<\/th><th>Example<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Non-family, singular<\/td><td>YES<\/td><td><strong>Il mio<\/strong> amico Stefano abita a Bologna<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Non-family, plural<\/td><td>YES<\/td><td><strong>Le mie<\/strong> amiche sono sposate<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Family, singular<\/td><td>NO<\/td><td><strong>Mio<\/strong> padre si chiama Luigi<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Family, plural<\/td><td>YES<\/td><td><strong>I miei<\/strong> fratelli giocano a calcio<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-obs-poss\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Three exceptions where the article comes back even in the singular:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>With an adjective<\/strong>: <em>il mio fratello maggiore<\/em> (my older brother), not <em>mio fratello maggiore<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>With a diminutive or affectionate form<\/strong>: <em>la mia mamma, il mio pap\u00e0, la mia nonnina<\/em>. <em>Mamma<\/em> and <em>pap\u00e0<\/em> usually keep the article.<\/li>\n<li><strong>With &#8220;loro&#8221;<\/strong>: <em>il loro padre, la loro madre<\/em>. The third-person plural possessive always keeps the article.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ms4-poss-dida\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83c\udfaf Mini-Challenge:<\/strong> possessive trap<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><li>___ mio padre lavora a Trieste.<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>___ miei fratelli giocano a calcio.<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<details>\n<summary><strong>Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><li>(no article) Mio padre lavora.<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>I miei fratelli giocano.<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"nipote\">The nipote ambiguity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The most famous puzzle inside italian family vocabulary: the word <em>nipote<\/em> means both <em>nephew\/niece<\/em> (sibling&#8217;s child) and <em>grandson\/granddaughter<\/em> (child of one&#8217;s child). Italians don&#8217;t have a separate word: context decides. If you say <em>i miei nipoti<\/em>, you might mean <em>my nephews\/nieces<\/em> or <em>my grandchildren<\/em>. To disambiguate, native speakers add <em>nipote di mio fratello<\/em> or <em>nipote di mia figlia<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-obs-nipote\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Observe:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Mia <strong>nipote<\/strong> Sofia, figlia di mia sorella, ha tre anni. <em>My niece Sofia, my sister&#8217;s daughter, is three.<\/em> (sibling&#8217;s child)<\/li>\n<li>I miei <strong>nipoti<\/strong>, figli di mia figlia, vivono a Bologna. <em>My grandchildren, my daughter&#8217;s children, live in Bologna.<\/em> (children&#8217;s children)<\/li>\n<li>For absolute clarity in writing or formal contexts, italians use <em>pronipote<\/em> for great-grandchild and stick to <em>nipote<\/em> for both nephew and grandchild.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-ms5-nipote-dida\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83c\udfaf Mini-Challenge:<\/strong> nipote ambiguity<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><li>Translate &#8216;my niece Sofia&#8217; (sister&#8217;s daughter).<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>Translate &#8216;my grandchildren&#8217; (daughter&#8217;s children).<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<details>\n<summary><strong>Show answers<\/strong><\/summary>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><li>Mia nipote Sofia, figlia di mia sorella.<\/li><\/li>\n<li><li>I miei nipoti, figli di mia figlia.<\/li><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n\n<\/div>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"regions\">Italian family structure across regions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italian family vocabulary is the same from the Alps to Sicily, but how the family actually works varies a lot between north and south. In the north (Lombardia, Piemonte, Veneto, Emilia), households tend to be smaller and adult children leave the parental home a little earlier, often in their late twenties for work or study. In the south (Campania, Puglia, Calabria, Sicilia), multigenerational living is more common: grandparents, parents and grown children often share the same building or live very close. ISTAT data from 2023 confirms that southern italians leave home roughly two to three years later than northern peers, and that Sunday lunch with the extended family remains a stronger weekly ritual below Rome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This affects how italian family vocabulary is actually used in speech. A teenager in Torino might mention <em>i miei<\/em> (meaning <em>i miei genitori<\/em>, the parents) once a week. A teenager in Lecce talks about <em>la nonna<\/em> and <em>gli zii<\/em> almost daily, because they see them constantly. The word <em>famiglia<\/em> in the south often implicitly covers cousins, uncles and grandparents living within walking distance; in the north it usually means the nuclear unit. Learners who only memorise italian family vocabulary from a textbook risk missing the social register: <em>mio cugino<\/em> in Bari may refer to someone you grew up with like a brother, while in Verona it might mean a relative you see twice a year at Christmas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some terms also shift regionally. <em>Mamma<\/em> and <em>pap\u00e0<\/em> are universal, but in Trieste you may hear <em>mama<\/em> (closer to the Slovenian-influenced local dialect), and in parts of Genova the diminutive <em>p\u00e0<\/em> is common for father. In Toscana, <em>babbo<\/em> replaces <em>pap\u00e0<\/em> entirely,a Florentine child says <em>il mio babbo<\/em>, never <em>il mio pap\u00e0<\/em>. Learning italian family vocabulary therefore means learning both the standard textbook word and the local variant you will hear from real speakers. The standard forms always work; the regional forms signal that you are listening.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-obs-regions\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Regional notes you will actually hear:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>In Toscana: <em>il babbo<\/em> = father (never <em>il pap\u00e0<\/em>). <em>Mio babbo \u00e8 di Lucca.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>In Sicilia: families often refer to godparents (<em>il padrino, la madrina<\/em>) as quasi-family members at every event.<\/li>\n<li>In the Veneto, you may hear <em>el mio pop\u00e0<\/em> in dialect, but in standard italian everyone says <em>pap\u00e0<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>In Napoli and Bari, <em>i miei<\/em> standalone almost always means parents, context is enough.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"inlaws-extended\">Italian terms for in-laws and extended family<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once you move past parents and siblings, italian family vocabulary gets more granular than English. English uses <em>cousin<\/em> for everyone descended from a shared grandparent, great-grandparent or even further back; italian distinguishes <em>cugino di primo grado<\/em> (first cousin, shared grandparents), <em>cugino di secondo grado<\/em> (second cousin, shared great-grandparents) and so on. For in-laws, italian has dedicated single words where English needs compound forms with <em>-in-law<\/em>. Learning these distinctions sharpens your italian family vocabulary and makes you sound noticeably more native at family gatherings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Italian<\/th><th>English<\/th><th>Notes<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>il suocero<\/td><td>father-in-law<\/td><td>spouse&#8217;s father<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la suocera<\/td><td>mother-in-law<\/td><td>spouse&#8217;s mother<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>i suoceri<\/td><td>parents-in-law<\/td><td>collective plural, very common<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il cognato<\/td><td>brother-in-law<\/td><td>spouse&#8217;s brother OR sister&#8217;s husband<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la cognata<\/td><td>sister-in-law<\/td><td>spouse&#8217;s sister OR brother&#8217;s wife<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il genero<\/td><td>son-in-law<\/td><td>daughter&#8217;s husband<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>la nuora<\/td><td>daughter-in-law<\/td><td>son&#8217;s wife<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il cugino di primo grado<\/td><td>first cousin<\/td><td>shared grandparents<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il cugino di secondo grado<\/td><td>second cousin<\/td><td>shared great-grandparents<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il prozio \/ la prozia<\/td><td>great-uncle \/ great-aunt<\/td><td>grandparent&#8217;s sibling<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>il pronipote \/ la pronipote<\/td><td>great-nephew\/-niece OR great-grandchild<\/td><td>same ambiguity as nipote<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A practical italian family vocabulary tip on in-laws: italians often refer to the whole in-law side simply as <em>i parenti acquisiti<\/em> (literally &#8220;acquired relatives&#8221;) or <em>la famiglia di mio marito \/ mia moglie<\/em>. The word <em>suocero\/a<\/em> can sound a bit cold in casual chat, so many italians say <em>il padre di mio marito<\/em> in everyday conversation and reserve <em>suocero<\/em> for formal contexts or jokes. The plural <em>i suoceri<\/em>, however, is universal: nobody says <em>i genitori di mio marito<\/em> when <em>i suoceri<\/em> exists.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-obs-inlaws-ext\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\ud83d\udd0d Extended family in real conversation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Domenica pranziamo dai miei <strong>suoceri<\/strong> a Trieste. <em>On Sunday we have lunch at my in-laws&#8217; place in Trieste.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mia <strong>cognata<\/strong> Federica fa l&#8217;avvocato a Verona. <em>My sister-in-law Federica works as a lawyer in Verona.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Il mio <strong>cugino di secondo grado<\/strong> vive a Cagliari, ma ci vediamo solo ai matrimoni. <em>My second cousin lives in Cagliari, but we only see each other at weddings.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>La <strong>prozia<\/strong> Adele ha quasi novant&#8217;anni e ricorda ancora tutti i nomi dei nipoti. <em>Great-aunt Adele is almost ninety and still remembers all the grandchildren&#8217;s names.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mio <strong>genero<\/strong> Luca \u00e8 ingegnere a Genova. <em>My son-in-law Luca is an engineer in Genoa.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mastering italian family vocabulary at this level, including <em>genero, nuora, prozio<\/em> and the <em>primo\/secondo grado<\/em> distinction, pays off whenever you read an italian novel, watch a family drama on RAI, or get pulled into a real family lunch in Puglia. These are not obscure words: a 50-year-old italian uses them weekly. Beginners often stop their italian family vocabulary studies at <em>mamma, pap\u00e0, fratello, sorella<\/em>, but the in-law and extended-family layer is what separates survival italian from confident italian.<\/p>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cheat-sheet\">Cheat sheet<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One-screen summary of italian family vocabulary organised by tier. Print it, screenshot it, paste it on your fridge, and you have the full italian family vocabulary toolkit at a glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table is-style-stripes\"><table>\n<thead><tr><th>Italian family vocabulary tier<\/th><th>Italian<\/th><th>English<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr><td>Core<\/td><td>padre, madre, pap\u00e0, mamma<\/td><td>father, mother, dad, mum<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Core<\/td><td>fratello, sorella, figlio, figlia<\/td><td>brother, sister, son, daughter<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Extended<\/td><td>nonno, nonna, zio, zia, cugino, cugina<\/td><td>grandfather, grandmother, uncle, aunt, cousins<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Extended<\/td><td>nipote (m\/f)<\/td><td>nephew\/niece OR grandson\/granddaughter<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Extended<\/td><td>bisnonno, pronipote<\/td><td>great-grandfather, great-grandchild<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>In-laws<\/td><td>suocero, suocera, cognato, cognata<\/td><td>father\/mother\/brother\/sister-in-law<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>In-laws<\/td><td>genero, nuora, marito, moglie<\/td><td>son\/daughter-in-law, husband, wife<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Modern<\/td><td>fidanzato\/a, compagno\/a<\/td><td>fianc\u00e9\/e or partner, long-term partner<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Step<\/td><td>patrigno, matrigna, fratellastro<\/td><td>step-\/half-relations<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"dialog\">Dialogue: Sunday lunch in Modena<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Italian family vocabulary in action. Sunday lunch at nonna Wilma&#8217;s house. Marta has brought her new partner Stefano, who is meeting the family for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-dialog-fam\">\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\ud83d\udc75\ud83c\udffc Benvenuto Stefano. Marta, presenta il tuo <strong>compagno<\/strong> a tutti. <em>Welcome Stefano. Marta, introduce your partner to everyone.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb S\u00ec, nonna. Stefano, lei \u00e8 mia <strong>nonna<\/strong> Wilma. Quello \u00e8 mio <strong>zio<\/strong> Beppe, il <strong>fratello<\/strong> di mia <strong>madre<\/strong>. <em>Yes, grandma. Stefano, this is my grandmother Wilma. That is my uncle Beppe, my mother&#8217;s brother.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb Piacere. Tu vivi qui in Emilia? <em>Pleasure. Do you live here in Emilia?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffc No, sono di Trento. I miei <strong>genitori<\/strong> abitano l\u00ec, ma ho una <strong>cugina<\/strong> a Modena. <em>No, I&#8217;m from Trento. My parents live there, but I have a cousin in Modena.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc69\ud83c\udffb Le mie <strong>sorelle<\/strong> non sono potute venire oggi. Ester \u00e8 dalla sua <strong>suocera<\/strong>. <em>My sisters couldn&#8217;t come today. Ester is at her mother-in-law&#8217;s.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc75\ud83c\udffc Peccato. Ester porta sempre i suoi <strong>figli<\/strong>, sono i miei <strong>nipoti<\/strong> preferiti. <em>Pity. Ester always brings her children, they are my favourite grandchildren.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc68\ud83c\udffb Nonna, non puoi avere i preferiti, lo sai. <em>Grandma, you can&#8217;t have favourites, you know.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>\ud83d\udc75\ud83c\udffc Beppe, sei il <strong>figlio<\/strong> pi\u00f9 impertinente che abbia. A tavola tutti, il sugo si fredda. <em>Beppe, you are the cheekiest son I have. 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font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> A <strong>10-Lesson Package<\/strong> gives you ten focused 55-minute sessions with a native teacher, at your own pace.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#7b2d8b; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">10-Lesson Package<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">One-to-one<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vacanze.webp\" alt=\"10-Lesson Package\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Any level<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">55-minute one-to-one session on Zoom<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Your personal native teacher<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Interactive online materials<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=8\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#7b2d8b; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Get the 10-Lesson Package &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">Coraggio: un passo alla volta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li style=\"display: none;\">\n                            <div>\n                                <div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; max-width:640px; margin:0 auto; padding:36px 24px; color:#1a1a1a; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; font-weight:700; color:#ab2227; margin:0 0 6px; line-height:1.2;\">Ciao ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:13px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:16px 0 14px;\">Your result &middot; 41 to 65%<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0; height:7px; border-radius:4px; overflow:hidden; margin:0 auto 36px; max-width:320px;\">\n<div style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg, #fde2e2, #ab2227); width:53%; height:7px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:26px; color:#1a1a1a; margin:0 0 14px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.35;\">Solid base. Let&#8217;s build on it.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> A <strong>weekly 1:1 lesson<\/strong> gives you the rhythm and the personalised feedback to turn what you know into what you say automatically.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#ab2227; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">Weekly 1:1<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">One-to-one<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/vacanze.webp\" alt=\"Weekly 1:1\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Any level<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">55-minute one-to-one session on Zoom<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Your personal native teacher<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Interactive online materials<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=4\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#ab2227; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Book a Weekly 1:1 lesson &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">Avanti tutta!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li style=\"display: none;\">\n                            <div>\n                                <div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; max-width:640px; margin:0 auto; padding:36px 24px; color:#1a1a1a; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; font-weight:700; color:#b8860b; margin:0 0 6px; line-height:1.2;\">Ciao ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:13px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:16px 0 14px;\">Your result &middot; 66 to 85%<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0; height:7px; border-radius:4px; overflow:hidden; margin:0 auto 36px; max-width:320px;\">\n<div style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg, #faecc4, #b8860b); width:75%; height:7px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:26px; color:#1a1a1a; margin:0 0 14px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.35;\">Great work. You&#8217;re ready for the group.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> In the <strong>Milano small-group course (A2-B1)<\/strong> you&#8217;ll move from solid grammar to live conversation.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#b8860b; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">Milano group<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">A2-B1<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/milano-no-sfondo.webp\" alt=\"Milano group\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Small groups, max 4 students<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Weekly live Zoom sessions<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=7\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#b8860b; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Join the Milano group &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">Ci vediamo in classe!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                            <li style=\"display: none;\">\n                            <div>\n                                <div style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; max-width:640px; margin:0 auto; padding:36px 24px; color:#1a1a1a; box-sizing:border-box; text-align:center;\">\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; font-weight:700; color:#2d6a4f; margin:0 0 6px; line-height:1.2;\">Ciao ,<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:13px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:16px 0 14px;\">Your result &middot; 86 to 100%<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#f0f0f0; height:7px; border-radius:4px; overflow:hidden; margin:0 auto 36px; max-width:320px;\">\n<div style=\"background:linear-gradient(90deg, #cce5d5, #2d6a4f); width:93%; height:7px;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:26px; color:#1a1a1a; margin:0 0 14px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.35;\">Bravissimo! You nailed it.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:18px; color:#333; line-height:1.65; margin:0 auto 38px; max-width:520px;\"><strong>Our suggestion.<\/strong> Step into the <strong>Milano small-group course (A2-B1)<\/strong> to turn accurate Italian into fluent Italian.<\/p>\n<div style=\"height:1px; background:#e8e8e8; margin:0 auto 30px; max-width:120px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:12px; color:#666; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:1.5px; margin:0 0 10px;\">Suggested next step<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:30px; color:#2d6a4f; margin:0 0 6px; font-weight:700; line-height:1.2;\">Milano group<\/h4>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:16px; color:#666; margin:0 0 24px;\">A2-B1<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/milano-no-sfondo.webp\" alt=\"Milano group\" style=\"width:140px; height:auto; margin:0 auto 26px; display:block;\"\/><\/p>\n<ul style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; color:#333; line-height:1.8; list-style:disc; padding-left:22px; margin:0 auto 32px; max-width:460px; text-align:left; display:inline-block;\">\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Small groups, max 4 students<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Weekly live Zoom sessions<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Grammar, vocabulary, listening, writing<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\">Homework after every lesson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/membership-checkout\/?level=7\" style=\"display:inline-block; padding:18px 40px; background:#2d6a4f; color:#fff !important; text-decoration:none; border-radius:8px; font-family:-apple-system,BlinkMacSystemFont,Arial,sans-serif; font-size:18px; font-weight:600; letter-spacing:0.3px;\">Join the Milano group &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; font-size:19px; font-style:italic; color:#555; margin:42px 0 0;\">A presto su Zoom!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        <\/li>\n                                    <\/ul>\n            <\/div>\n                        <div style=\"margin: 10px 0px;\">\n                                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewDiv\" style=\"display: none;\">\n            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewQuestion\">\n                <ol>\n                                            <li>1<\/li>\n                                            <li>2<\/li>\n                                    <\/ol>\n                <div style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewLegend\">\n                <ol>\n                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewColor\" style=\"background-color: #6CA54C;\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewText\">Answered<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                    <li>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewColor\" style=\"background-color: #FFB800;\"><\/span>\n                        <span class=\"wpProQuiz_reviewText\">Review<\/span>\n                    <\/li>\n                <\/ol>\n                <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n            <div>\n                                    <input type=\"button\" name=\"review\" value=\"Review question\"\n                           class=\"wpProQuiz_button2\" style=\"float: left; display: block;\">\n                                        <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_quizAnker\" style=\"display: none;\"><\/div>\n                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_quiz\">\n            <ol class=\"wpProQuiz_list\">\n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_listItem\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                        <div\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_question_page\" style=\"display:none;\" >\n                            Question <span>1<\/span> of <span>2<\/span>                        <\/div>\n                        <h5 style=\"display: none;\"\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">\n                            <span>1<\/span>. Question                        <\/h5>\n\n                        \n                                                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0 0;\">\n                            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question_text\">\n                                <h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Choose the right family word or the right possessive<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Read the parenthesised options and type the correct one in the box.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\">Example: Sofia ha tre anni. \u00c8 la (figlio, <strong><u>figlia<\/u><\/strong>, sorella) di Marta.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <ul class=\"wpProQuiz_questionList\" data-question_id=\"6774\"\n                                data-type=\"cloze_answer\">\n                                \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"0\">\n\n                                        <hr\/><ul><li>Riccardo abita a Ravenna con la sua famiglia. \u00c8 il (cugino, padre, fratello) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"8\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(fratello)<\/span><\/span> di Valentina.<br><br><em>Riccardo lives in Ravenna with his family. He is Valentina's brother.<\/em><\/li><li>Paola \u00e8 la (zia, zio, nonna) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"3\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(zia)<\/span><\/span> di Valentina e Riccardo, perch\u00e9 \u00e8 la sorella della loro madre.<br><br><em>Paola is Valentina and Riccardo's aunt, because she is their mother's sister.<\/em><\/li><li>Marco e Luigi sono i (cugine, cugini, nipoti) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"6\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(cugini)<\/span><\/span> di Valentina perch\u00e9 sono i figli della zia Paola.<br><br><em>Marco and Luigi are Valentina's cousins because they are aunt Paola's children.<\/em><\/li><li>(Mia, La mia, La) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"3\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Mia)<\/span><\/span> nonna Rosa abita vicino al porto di Ravenna e cucina molto bene.<br><br><em>My grandmother Rosa lives near the port of Ravenna and cooks very well.<\/em><\/li><li>Sofia ha sei anni ed \u00e8 la figlia di Valentina, quindi \u00e8 la (cugina, sorella, nipote) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"6\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(nipote)<\/span><\/span> di nonna Rosa.<br><br><em>Sofia is six years old and is Valentina's daughter, so she is grandmother Rosa's granddaughter.<\/em><\/li><li>(Miei, I miei, Le mie) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"6\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(I miei)<\/span><\/span> genitori vivono a Ravenna e lavorano tutti e due in un ospedale.<br><br><em>My parents live in Ravenna and both work in a hospital.<\/em><\/li><li>La madre di mio marito \u00e8 mia (zia, cognata, suocera) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"7\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(suocera)<\/span><\/span> e si chiama Anna.<br><br><em>My husband's mother is my mother-in-law and her name is Anna.<\/em><\/li><li>(Mia, Mio, La mia) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"6\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(La mia)<\/span><\/span> mamma prepara il pranzo ogni domenica per tutta la famiglia.<br><br><em>My mum makes lunch every Sunday for the whole family.<\/em><\/li><li>Il fratello di mia moglie \u00e8 mio (cognato, cugino, genero) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"7\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(cognato)<\/span><\/span> e abita a Bologna.<br><br><em>My wife's brother is my brother-in-law and lives in Bologna.<\/em><\/li><li>Carlo e Anna sono i miei vicini. (Loro, Il loro, I loro) <span class=\"wpProQuiz_cloze\"><input data-wordlen=\"7\" type=\"text\" value=\"\"> <span class=\"wpProQuiz_clozeCorrect\" style=\"display: none;\">(Il loro)<\/span><\/span> padre lavora in una libreria del centro.<br><br><em>Carlo and Anna are my neighbours. Their father works in a bookshop in the centre.<\/em><\/li><\/ul><hr\/>                                    <\/li>\n                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_response\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_correct\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tCorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p>10 right out of 10. The family-singular vs family-plural article rule is the trap that catches almost every English speaker on day one.<\/p><\/p>                                <\/div>\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_incorrect\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p>Two things to lock in:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0 0 0 18px; padding:0;\">\n<li><strong>Family in the singular:<\/strong> NO article. <em>Mio padre, mia madre, mio fratello, mia zia.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Family in the plural:<\/strong> article RETURNS. <em>I miei genitori, le mie sorelle, i miei nonni.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Loro:<\/strong> always keeps the article. <em>Il loro padre, la loro madre.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>With a qualifier or affectionate form:<\/strong> article returns. <em>Il mio fratello maggiore, la mia mamma.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\">Vocabulary recap: <em>zia<\/em> = aunt &middot; <em>cugino\/cugina<\/em> = cousin &middot; <em>nipote<\/em> = nephew\/niece or grandson\/granddaughter (context decides) &middot; <em>suocera<\/em> = mother-in-law &middot; <em>cognato<\/em> = brother-in-law.<\/p>\n<\/p>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_tipp\" style=\"display: none; position: relative;\">\n                                <div>\n                                    <h5 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">Hint<\/h5>\n                                    <p><strong>Possessive rule:<\/strong> family singular drops the article (<em>mio padre<\/em>), family plural takes it back (<em>i miei fratelli<\/em>), <em>loro<\/em> always keeps it (<em>il loro nonno<\/em>), and an adjective or affectionate form brings the article back (<em>il mio fratello maggiore, la mia mamma<\/em>).<\/p>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                <input type=\"button\" name=\"back\" value=\"Back\"\n                               class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton\"\n                               style=\"float: left !important; margin-right: 10px !important; display: none;\">\n                                                    <input type=\"button\" name=\"tip\" value=\"Hint\"\n                                   class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton wpProQuiz_TipButton\"\n                                   style=\"float: left !important; display: inline-block; margin-right: 10px !important;\">\n                                                <input type=\"button\" name=\"check\" value=\"Check\"\n                               class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton\"\n                               style=\"float: right !important; margin-right: 10px !important; display: none;\">\n                        <input type=\"button\" name=\"next\" value=\"Next\"\n                               class=\"wpProQuiz_button wpProQuiz_QuestionButton\" style=\"float: right; display: none;\">\n\n                        <div style=\"clear: both;\"><\/div>\n\n                        \n                    <\/li>\n\n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_listItem\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                        <div\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_question_page\" style=\"display:none;\" >\n                            Question <span>2<\/span> of <span>2<\/span>                        <\/div>\n                        <h5 style=\"display: none;\"\n                            class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">\n                            <span>2<\/span>. Question                        <\/h5>\n\n                        \n                                                <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question\" style=\"margin: 10px 0 0 0;\">\n                            <div class=\"wpProQuiz_question_text\">\n                                <h3 style=\"text-align:center;\">Spot the correct sentence<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><em>Each group of three has ONE correct sentence. The other two break the family-article rule. Tick the correct one.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <ul class=\"wpProQuiz_questionList\" data-question_id=\"6775\"\n                                data-type=\"multiple\">\n                                \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"0\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"1\"> La mia sorella studia medicina a Bologna.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"1\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"2\"> Mia sorella studia medicina a Bologna.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"2\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"3\"> Mio sorella studia medicina a Bologna.<hr\/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"3\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"4\"> Miei fratelli giocano a calcio in un campo vicino a casa.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"4\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"5\"> I mio fratelli giocano a calcio in un campo vicino a casa.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"5\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"6\"> I miei fratelli giocano a calcio in un campo vicino a casa.<hr\/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"6\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"7\"> Il mio fratello maggiore abita a Padova e fa l'avvocato.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"7\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"8\"> Mio fratello maggiore abita a Padova e fa l'avvocato.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"8\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"9\"> Il mia fratello maggiore abita a Padova e fa l'avvocato.<hr\/>                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"9\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"10\"> Loro nonno ha ottant'anni e legge il giornale ogni mattina.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"10\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"11\"> Il loro nonno ha ottant'anni e legge il giornale ogni mattina.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                    \n                                    <li class=\"wpProQuiz_questionListItem\" data-pos=\"11\">\n\n                                                                                                                                <span style=\"display:none;\"><\/span>\n                                            <label>\n                                                <input class=\"wpProQuiz_questionInput\"\n                                                       type=\"checkbox\"\n                                                       name=\"question_17_6775\"\n                                                       value=\"12\"> I loro nonno ha ottant'anni e legge il giornale ogni mattina.                                            <\/label>\n\n                                                                            <\/li>\n                                                                <\/ul>\n                        <\/div>\n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_response\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_correct\">\n                       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You have internalised the four-case grid: singular family bare, plural family with article, qualifier brings it back, loro always with article.<\/p><\/p>                                <\/div>\n                                <div style=\"display: none;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_incorrect\">\n                                                                            <span class=\"wpProQuiz_respone_span\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIncorrect\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br>\n                                    <p><hr \/>\n<p>The four cases at a glance:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0 0 0 18px; padding:0;\">\n<li><strong>Singular family, neutral noun:<\/strong> <em>Mia sorella studia medicina a Bologna.<\/em> (no article)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Plural family:<\/strong> <em>I miei fratelli giocano a calcio.<\/em> (article)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Singular family + qualifier:<\/strong> <em>Il mio fratello maggiore abita a Padova.<\/em> (article returns)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Loro:<\/strong> <em>Il loro nonno ha ottant&#8217;anni.<\/em> (article, always)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin-top:10px;\">Two common slips to avoid: dropping the article when the family noun is plural (<em>miei fratelli<\/em>) and adding the article when it should not be there (<em>la mia sorella<\/em>).<\/p>\n<\/p>                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                        \n                                                    <div class=\"wpProQuiz_tipp\" style=\"display: none; position: relative;\">\n                                <div>\n                                    <h5 style=\"margin: 0 0 10px;\" class=\"wpProQuiz_header\">Hint<\/h5>\n                                    <p>One sentence per group follows the rule. 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With non-family possessives or with family in the plural, the article is required (il mio amico, i miei fratelli). Three exceptions bring the article back even with singular family: an adjective (il mio fratello maggiore), an affectionate form (la mia mamma, il mio papa), and the third-person plural possessive loro (il loro padre).<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-fam-q2\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Does nipote mean nephew or grandson?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Both. Italian uses one word for sibling&#8217;s child and child&#8217;s child. Context disambiguates. If you need to be precise, add a clarifier: nipote di mio fratello (nephew) or nipote di mia figlia (grandchild). The plural i nipoti carries the same ambiguity.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-fam-q3\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What is the difference between fidanzato and compagno?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Fidanzato\/fidanzata can mean fiance, fiancee, but also boyfriend or girlfriend in serious relationships. Compagno\/compagna means partner: a long-term, committed relationship without marriage. Younger Italians use ragazzo\/ragazza for casual or new relationships, fidanzato for stable ones, compagno for relationships that look marriage-like but are not formalised.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-fam-q4\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">How do I say my parents in italian?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>I miei genitori. The word genitori is the standard plural noun for parents. Italian does not have a singular form genitore in everyday use; for one parent, italians say mio padre or mia madre. The article il\/i with miei is required because genitori is plural family.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-fam-q5\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Why does mamma keep the article in la mia mamma?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Affectionate and diminutive forms of family words are treated like non-family for the article rule: la mia mamma, il mio papa, la mia nonnina, il mio fratellino. The neutral forms drop the article (mia madre, mio padre, mia nonna, mio fratello). The shift signals warmth and informality.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-fam-q6\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">What does suocera mean and how do I pronounce it?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Suocera means mother-in-law. Pronunciation: SWAW-cheh-rah, with the stress on the first syllable and the c pronounced as ch (like English church) before e. The masculine equivalent is suocero (SWAW-cheh-roh). The plural i suoceri covers both parents-in-law together.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"faq-fam-q7\" class=\"rank-math-list-item\">\n<h3 class=\"rank-math-question \">Are step-family words common in spoken italian?<\/h3>\n<div class=\"rank-math-answer \">\n\n<p>Not really. Patrigno, matrigna, fratellastro, sorellastra are technically correct but the suffix -astro carries a slightly negative or distant tone. Modern italians prefer to use the first name plus a clarifying phrase: il marito di mia madre, il figlio di mio marito, mio fratello da parte di padre. In writing or formal contexts, the textbook words are still used.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\" \/>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"related\">Related guides<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-possessive-adjectives\/\">Italian Possessive Adjectives<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-nouns\/\">Italian Nouns: Gender and Plurals<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-essere-vs-stare\/\">Italian Essere vs Stare<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-preposition-di\/\">Italian Preposition DI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/italian-piacere\/\">Italian Piacere<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mastering italian family vocabulary comes from consistent exposure and small daily practice. Read examples, listen to native speakers, and notice patterns rather than memorise rules. Most learners find that italian family vocabulary clicks once they encounter the same structures across different real-world contexts. Pair this guide with the quiz below to lock in italian family vocabulary, and revisit it after a week to see what stuck. Italian rewards patient learners: each guide on italian family vocabulary stacks the foundation a little higher.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italian family vocabulary in 40 words: parents, siblings, in-laws, step-family. 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