Members of Family in Arabic Language

Hello Katabah!

Do you often call: father, mother, little brother, little sister, etc. in English? Yes, today let’s call our family in Arabic language.

1. father

أَبٌ

2. my father

أَبِى

3. mother

أُمٌّ

4. my mother

أُمِّى

5. family

عَائِلَةٌ

6. my family

عَائِلَتِى

7. older brother

أَخُ أَكْبَرُ

8. older sister

اُخْتٌ أَكْبَرُ

9. younger brother

اُخٌ اَصْغَرُ

10. younger sister

اُخْتٌ صُغْرَى

11. son

وَلَدٌ

12. daughter

بِنْتٌ

13. grandfather

جَدٌّ

14. grandmother

جَدَّةٌ

15. grandchild (male)

حَفِيْدٌ

16. grandchild (female)

حَفِيْدَةٌ

17. uncle

عَمٌّ

18. aunt

خَالَةٌ

19. husband

زَوْجٌ

20. wife

زَوْجَةٌ

If we read phrase “my father and my mother”, then we can know about possessive pronoun in Arabic, alright? So, let’s make three such examples again with other vocabularies:

كِتَابْىْ (كِتَابٌ + ىْ)

(my + book)

قَلَمِىْ (قَلَمٌ + ىْ)

(my + pen)

بَيْتِىْ (بَيْتٌ + ىْ)

(my + house)