What are some essential words for describing family members in Ukrainian
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Here are some essential words for describing family members in Ukrainian with their approximate pronunciations:
Immediate Family:
- Family: сім’я (sim’ya) or родина (rodyna)
- Parents: батьки (bat’ky)
- Mother: мати (maty) or мама (mama)
- Father: батько (bat’ko) or тато (tato)
- Son: син (syn)
- Daughter: дочка (dočka)
- Brother: брат (brat)
- Sister: сестра (sestra)
- Children: діти (dity)
Grandparents and Grandchildren:
- Grandmother: бабуся (babusya) or баба (baba)
- Grandfather: дідусь (didus’) or дідо (dido)
- Grandchildren: онуки (onuky)
- Grandson: внук (vnuk)
- Granddaughter: внучка (vnučka)
Extended Family:
- Uncle: дядько (dyad’ko), in Western Ukraine: стрий (stryj) for paternal uncle, вуйко (vuyko) for maternal uncle
- Aunt: тітка (titka), in Western Ukraine: стрийна (stryina) paternal aunt, вуйна (vuina) maternal aunt
- Male cousin: двоюрідний брат (dvoyuridnyy brat)
- Female cousin: двоюрідна сестра (dvoyuridna sestra)
- Nephew: племінник (pleminnyk)
- Niece: племінниця (pleminnytsya)
In-Laws and Specific Relations:
- Husband: чоловік (cholovik)
- Wife: дружина (druzhyna)
- Father-in-law (husband’s father): свекор (svekor)
- Mother-in-law (husband’s mother): свекруха (svekrukha)
- Father-in-law (wife’s father): тесть (test’)
- Mother-in-law (wife’s mother): теща (teshcha)
- Brother-in-law: шурин (shuryn) or швагер (shvagher)
- Sister-in-law: своячка (svoyachka) or невістка (nevistka)
Stepfamily terms:
- Stepfather: вітчим (vitchym)
- Stepmother: мачуха (machukha)
- Stepson: пасинок (pasynok)
- Stepdaughter: падчерка (padcherka)
These terms represent common Ukrainian family member names and include cultural nuances like regional terms for maternal/paternal relatives.