About this lesson
Full video: How to Talk about Family in English: Part 1 - A1 - [with Emily]
Video Lesson
Full video: How to Talk about Family in English: Part 1 - A1 - [with Emily]
Download the app
Open this lesson in Sublex to translate subtitles, save new words, and track your progress.
Learn English in the Sublex app with subtitles, saved words, and lesson progress.
English subtitles
0:00
do you have a big family
0:02
or a small family
0:05
do you have any brothers or sisters
0:09
do you have any children
0:11
welcome back to lingonie english my name
0:14
is emily and in this video i'm going to
0:17
teach you how to talk about your family
0:21
also
0:22
halfway through this video i'm going to
0:24
give you a short quiz
0:26
and then we'll learn a little bit more
0:29
and at the end of the video i'll give
0:31
you another quiz
0:33
are you ready then let's go
0:37
[Music]
0:37
[Applause]
0:39
[Music]
0:41
[Applause]
0:43
first the people in your family are
0:46
called your family members
0:48
i have a very small family
0:51
so i don't have many family members
0:55
people with big families have a lot of
0:58
family members
1:00
okay your first word is
1:03
parent
1:05
parent
1:06
a parent is a mother or father of
1:10
someone
1:11
parents can be male or female
1:15
one parent
1:16
two parents
1:18
tom is a very good parent
1:22
or
1:23
she calls her parents every day
1:27
mother or mom
1:29
a mother is the female parent of someone
1:34
another word for mother is mom
1:37
so one mother
1:39
two mothers or one mom
1:42
two moms
1:44
i called my mother yesterday
1:47
kristen called her mom today
1:50
the mothers ate lunch together
1:53
the moms like to read books
1:56
father or dad
1:58
a father is the male parent
2:02
another word for father is dad
2:05
one father
2:07
two fathers
2:08
one dad
2:10
two dads
2:11
my father is 62 years old
2:15
my dad is very friendly
2:17
the fathers helped the children ride
2:20
their bikes the dads played video games
2:24
together
2:25
child or kid
2:27
a child is a boy or a girl who's young
2:31
under 18 years old
2:34
but not all children are children
2:38
for example
2:39
i am my parents child
2:42
but i'm not a child i'm an adult
2:46
i'm an adult child
2:48
it's a little confusing but when people
2:52
talk about children they're usually
2:54
talking about kids or young people
2:58
but
2:58
even if you're 72
3:01
you're still your parents child
3:04
okay so another way to say child
3:07
is kid
3:10
one child
3:11
two children
3:14
one kid
3:15
two
3:16
kids i am not a child
3:20
i'm an adult
3:22
i do not have any children
3:25
i'm not a kid
3:27
i'm an adult
3:29
i don't have any
3:30
kids son
3:33
a son is someone's male child
3:37
a son could also be an adult
3:40
one son two sons
3:43
her son was late for school the parents
3:46
have three sons
3:49
daughter
3:50
a daughter is someone's female child
3:54
one daughter
3:55
two daughters
3:57
he took his daughter to the baseball
4:00
game
4:01
the smith family has three children
4:04
two daughters and one son
4:07
okay let's take a quick break here to do
4:10
a little quiz and to see how much you
4:13
remember
4:14
is a son a child that is a boy
4:18
or a girl
4:22
a boy
4:23
a son is a male child or a boy
4:27
is a mother a woman or a man
4:33
a woman
4:34
a mother or mom is a woman
4:39
true
4:40
or
4:40
false a parent can be a man or a woman
4:50
true
4:51
a parent can be a dad or a mom
4:55
so a parent can be a man or a woman
4:59
okay are you ready to continue learning
5:02
let's go
5:04
partner
5:06
your partner is the person you are in a
5:08
relationship with or who you're married
5:11
to
5:13
a partner can be a man or a woman
5:17
one partner
5:18
two partners
5:20
she took her partner on a romantic date
5:24
they are jordan and alex
5:26
they are partners
5:28
they've been together for 15 years
5:32
wife
5:34
your wife is the woman who you are
5:36
married to
5:39
one wife
5:40
two
5:41
wives
5:43
she met her wife many years ago
5:46
the wives often go swimming together at
5:49
the beach
5:50
husband your husband is the man you are
5:54
married to
5:56
one husband
5:57
two husbands
5:59
anna's husband is from italy
6:02
the husbands went to the concert on
6:05
friday night
6:06
sibling
6:08
your sibling is your brother or sister
6:11
siblings can be male or female
6:14
one sibling
6:16
two siblings
6:18
gara billy and sandra
6:20
are all siblings
6:23
billy is gara's sibling
6:25
sandra is also gara's sibling
6:29
sister
6:31
your sister is your female sibling
6:35
one sister
6:36
two sisters
6:38
annika is jaime's sister
6:41
beatrice has two sisters emma and jolene
6:46
brother your brother is your male
6:49
sibling
6:51
one brother
6:52
two brothers
6:54
samuel is jerry's brother
6:56
or
6:57
samuel is the brother of jerry
7:00
harrison has three brothers
7:04
grandmother or grandma
7:07
your grandmother is the mother of your
7:10
mother or father
7:12
you can also say grandma instead of
7:14
grandmother
7:16
one grandma
7:18
two grandmas
7:19
one grandmother two grandmothers
7:23
her grandmother's name is rose
7:26
the grandmothers all play bingo together
7:30
my grandma likes to bake
7:33
grandmas bake yummy cookies
7:36
grandfather or grandpa
7:39
your grandfather is the father of your
7:42
mother or father you can also say
7:45
grandpa
7:47
one grandfather
7:48
two grandfathers
7:50
one grandpa
7:52
two grandpas
7:54
i love my grandfather very much
7:57
grandfathers tell interesting stories
8:01
his grandpa's name is bill
8:03
the grandpas meet for breakfast every
8:06
weekend
8:07
okay are you ready for another quiz
8:10
let's review everything that we've
8:12
learned so far
8:14
question one
8:16
true or false
8:18
the word sister
8:20
describes a boy
8:26
sister describes a girl
8:30
number two
8:32
your grandfather
8:34
is
8:34
who's father
8:40
your grandfather is your mother's father
8:44
or
8:45
your father's father
8:47
question three
8:48
is a partner a woman
8:51
a man or both
8:56
a partner could be both a woman or a man
9:02
well that's it for family part one
9:05
in the comment section below tell us a
9:08
little bit about your family
9:11
we love to read what you guys write
9:13
also stay tuned for part two where we'll
9:16
teach you the names of more family
9:19
members
9:20
also don't forget to check out our app
9:22
by clicking the button here
9:24
there you can find tons of worksheets
9:27
and exercises to help you improve your
9:30
english we'll see you there
Full video: How to Talk about Family in English: Part 1 - A1 - [with Emily]
Keep exploring
5 video lessons
6 video lessons
6 video lessons
6 video lessons
More to learn
Super beginner
Super beginner
Beginner
Super beginner