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Translation

family

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Examples

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My family lives in a small village.

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He came with his whole family.

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The family sat around the table.

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In our family everyone speaks Esperanto.

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She is the youngest in the family.

The obvious derivative is o, a member of the family, built with the same -an- that gives o and o. is the adjective, as in . Watch the false friend: a means over-familiar or informal in tone and has nothing to do with your relatives, so a is a chatty letter, not a letter home.

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Word family

Words built on familio with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • bofamilionoun

    in-laws, one's family by marriage

    bo-familio: family by marriage

  • familianonoun

    family member

    familio-an-: a member of a family

  • surname, family name

    familionomo

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This word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 6: familio, koleri, hundo and 7 more words.