Words for family members in Croatian, a South Slavic language spoken mainly in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and neighbouring countries.
Croatian (Hrvatski) | |
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family | obitelj |
parents | roditelji |
father | otac |
mother | mama majka mater |
children | djeca |
son | sin |
daughter | kći |
husband | muž |
wife | žena |
brother | brat |
sister | sestra |
uncle | striko (father's brother) ujko (mother's brother) tetak (parent's sister's husband) |
aunt | strina (father's brother's wife) ujna (mother's brother's wife) tetka (parent's sister) |
cousin | rođak |
nephew | nećak bratanac sestrić |
niece | nećakinja bratanica sestričina |
grandparents | deda i baba |
grandfather | djed |
grandmother | baka |
grandchildren | unučadi |
grandson | unuk |
granddaughter | unuka |
great grandfather | pradjed |
great grandmother | prabaka |
father-in-law | svekar tast |
mother-in-law | svekrva |
brother-in-law | zet |
sister-in-law | snaha |
Corrections by Robert Jozic
Hear some Croatian family words:
http://forum.wordreference.com/showthread.php?t=197265
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbo-Croatian_kinship
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