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L24

Relatives: yours and theirs

The words for your own family and for someone else's: your wife and theirs, your husband and theirs, parents and in-laws, children, brothers and sisters, the wider family, and what you call each other at home.

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This course opens on 22 December 2026.

  1. L2401Your wife and theirsFrom 22 December 2026妻, 家内, 嫁 and うちの奥さん; 奥さん and 奥様 for someone else's.
  2. L2402Your husband and theirsFrom 22 December 2026夫, 主人 and 旦那; ご主人 and 旦那さん for someone else's.
  3. L2403Parents and in-lawsFrom 22 December 2026父 and お父さん, 両親 and ご両親, and your partner's parents.
  4. L2404ChildrenFrom 22 December 2026息子 and 娘, 息子さん and お嬢さん, お子さん, the eldest and the youngest.
  5. L2405Brothers and sistersFrom 22 December 2026兄, 姉, 弟, 妹 and their polite forms, and 兄弟 and 姉妹.
  6. L2406The wider familyFrom 22 December 2026Grandparents, uncles and aunts, cousins, nephews and nieces.
  7. L2407What you call each otherFrom 22 December 2026What families call each other at home: names, ママ and パパ, じいじ and ばあば.
  8. L2408ReviewFrom 22 December 2026A mixed walking drill.