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Swedish Family

This is a list of words about family in Swedish. You can name people such as your relatives as well as extended family this way.

Daughter: dotter
Son: son
Sister: syster
Brother: bror
Baby: bebis
Child (m): barn
Child (f): barn
Father: far
Mother: mor
Husband: man / make
Wife: fru / hustru / maka
Cousin (m): kusin
Cousin (f): kusin
Aunt: faster / moster
Uncle: farbror / morbror
Grandfather: farfar / morfar
Grandmother: farmor / mormor
Nephew: brorson / systerson
Niece: brorsdotter / systerdotter
Man: man
Woman: kvinna
Boy: pojke
Girl: flicka
People: människor / folk

These examples show how family words are used in a Swedish sentence. Very useful when socializing with other people. This can also show you how to ask questions.

What's your brother called?: Vad heter din bror?
How old is your sister?: Hur gammal är din syster?
Where does your father work?: Vart arbetar din pappa?
Your daughter is very cute: Din dotter är mycket söt
I love my husband: Jag älskar min make
This is my wife: Det här är min fru

With the above list you will be able to discuss how many siblings you have or ask others about their family. Now let's go to the next topic by clicking the "Next" button. Or simply choose your own topic from the menu above.

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