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Mutter Bettina
: Und bedanke dich bei deinen Großeltern, Marie.

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People
The Family
Home is where the heart is, they say. And what is in the home? Family! of course, so this is a very 
important section of the lesson. It'll give all vocabulary for the family, and later in a different section, 
you'll learn how to describe your brothers and sisters or any person! And now to get started lets do 
some vocabulary...
Sohn Son
Tochter Daughter
Vater Father
Mutter Mother
Großvater Grandfather
Großmutter Grandmother
Opa Grandpa
Oma Grandma
Schwester Sister
Bruder Brother
Geschwister Brothers & Sisters
Enkel Grandson
Enkelin Granddaughter
Frau Wife
Mann Husband
Schwiegervater Father-in-Law
Schwiegertochter Daugther-in-Law
Schwager Brother-in-law
Schwägerin Sister-in-law
Schwiegermutter Mother-in-law
Schwiegersohn Son-in-law
Onkel Uncle
Tante Aunt
Mutti *Mutter
Mama *Mutter
Papa *Vater
* = Informal verison of the word

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Now even though many of these are common phrases you and me would say in everyday live, some of 
these are rather used when you are on a visit to grandmother's, or things your mother would say. Maybe 
you notice some of these in the dialogue. Now you might be asking "How am I going to speak fluent 
German, if I just learn phrases?" Like I said, these are basically from the dialogue, and you can study 
these to look at the word order. Also certain things are just differnt in German, like "Wie heißt du?" 
which translates literally to "How are you called?" when we use "What is your name?". Okay let get 
started on these common phrases...
Du bist ja richtig groß geworden
You have grown up so much (usual sentence used by
Opa und Oma)