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2 ago 2017 · He and his wife run the travel blog Grateful Gypsies, and they're currently trying the digital nomad lifestyle across Latin America. One of the best ways to practice a new language is to talk about your family. Learn how to do so in Spanish in this post about mi familia (my family).
Vivo con mi familia, formada por mi padre, mi madre, mi abuela y mi hermano mayor. Mi padre es moreno, alto y tiene cincuenta y dos años. Es maestro y trabaja en un colegio de nuestro barrio. Mi madre es abogada, tiene los ojos azules y el pelo castaño.
- Introductory Video: The Family in Spanish – La Familia
- Gender and Plural of Family Members in Spanish
- Describing Your Family in Spanish Using Ser and Adjectives
- Examples of Family Descriptions in Spanish
- Listening Activity No. 1: Talking About My Family in Spanish
- Listening Activity No. 2 : Describing My Family in Spanish
Let’s start by watching a short video to review the vocabulary for family members in Spanish. Pay attention to the vocabulary presented in the video, as well as some of the grammar rules that will be applied in the descriptions later. Remember that you can activate the subtitles if you need them.
The gender and plural of nouns in Spanish
In order to describe your family in Spanish, first it’s necessary to understand that family members are common nouns, that is, they undergo changes of gender and number. As for grammatical gender, words that end in the letter -A such as “Mamá, Nieta, Hija” and “Abuela” are considered feminine nouns, whereas those that end in -O such as “Abuelo, Nieto, Hijo” and “Tío” are masculine nouns. Basically, if we make a simple change at the end of the word, we will have two words with different meanin...
Creating family relations in Spanish
Lastly, we will always use possessive adjectives like MI, TU, SUS, NUESTROS and others along with the vocabulary for family members. These words indicate possession, just like we would use MY, YOURS and so on from the English language, but in this case they show a relationship with another person. To put it differently, to say something like “My family in big”, we would use “Mi familia es grande” with the possessive adjective MI.
Describing your family in Spanish is really easy as most of the time we will need only three things: a family member, the verb SER and an adjective in Spanish, that is words to describe personality or physical appearance. The subject goes first and then the verb SER, which will change to ES if the word is in singular form like MAMÁ and HERMANO as i...
Example No. 1
Mi familia es pequeña. Mi mamá se llama Ana. Ella es enfermera. Mi mamá es muy amable e inteligente. Tengo dos hermanos. Mi hermano se llama Alan. Él es muy alegre. Es alto. Yo soy bajo. Mi hermana es bonita. Mi papá es muy trabajador. Misabuelosson divertidos y nos quieren mucho. Somos una familia feliz.
Example No. 2
Mi familia es grande. Vivo con mis padres. Mi mamá es empresaria y mi papá trabaja en un banco. Tengo dos hermanas, Alicia y Mercedes. También tengo dos hermanos, Javier y Hernán. Todos nos llevamos muy bien. Alicia es la mayor de todos. Ella es inteligente y le gusta leer libros. Mercedes es la menor y le gusta ver televisión. Javier es necio y a veces es travieso. Javier es un buen niño. A Hernán le gustan los deportes y él es muy chistoso. Yo soy alto y creativo. Nosotros visitamos a nuest...
Example No. 3
Querida Sharon, Permíteme contarte acerca de mi familia. Vivo con mi mamá, mi papá y mi hermana mayor. Vivimos en Veracruz, México. Mi mamá se llama Carmen. Es mexicana y habla inglés y español. Ella es profesora de español. Es bajita y delgada, tiene cabello castaño largo y ojos marrones. Mi papá se llama David. Él es estadounidense ¡Es alto y delgado! Tiene cabello castaño corto y ojos azules. Él trabaja en un banco. Mi hermana, Tatiana, tiene 14 años y le encanta escuchar música. Mis tíos...
Key expressions in the conversation:
1. “¿Puedes ayudarme con…?” means “Can you help me with…?” 2. “¿De qué se trata la tarea?” means “What is the homework about?”
Key expressions in the recordings:
1. “Ellos me quieren mucho”means “They love me so much!” 2. “Llevarnos muy bien”means “Get along well with each other” 3. “Estar emocionado por conocer a…”means “I’m excited to meet…”
Time to Practice: Writing about my family in Spanish
Write a 100-word paragraph “describing your family in Spanish.” You can use the examples in this lesson or parts of the listening activity to get some ideas. Then, read your paragraph to a native speaker to get feedback on your writing, pronunciation, and mastery of the topic. ¡Hasta la próxima!
Related Spanish Worksheets:
1. Family Tree in Spanish: PDF Worksheet(Vocabulary) 2. Questions about the Family in Spanish: PDF Worksheet(Speaking) 3. Making Questions in Spanish – PDF Worksheet(Speaking) 4. Family Relationships in Spanish – PDF Worksheet(Reading) 5. Writing Physical Descriptions in Spanish – PDF Worksheet(Writing) 6. Dialogues about the family in Spanish – PDF Worksheet
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