Word	Translation	Example
la mère	mother	Ma mère cuisine très bien. My mother cooks very well.
Possessive 'ma' (fem.) agrees with 'mère'. 'Cuisine' = present tense 3rd person of 'cuisiner'.
le père	father	Mon père travaille à la banque. My father works at the bank.
'Mon' (masc.) agrees with 'père'. 'A la' = preposition 'a' + definite article 'la'.
le fils	son	Son fils a trois ans. Her son is three years old.
'Son' = his/her (masc.). 'Avoir + ans' expresses age in French, not 'etre'.
la fille	daughter / girl	Ma fille va à l'école. My daughter goes to school.
'Va' = irregular present of 'aller'. 'A l'ecole' uses elision before vowel.
le frère	brother	Mon frère habite à Lyon. My brother lives in Lyon.
'Habite' = present 3rd person of 'habiter'. 'A + city' for location.
la sœur	sister	Ma sœur étudie la médecine. My sister studies medicine.
'Etudie' = present 3rd person of 'etudier'. Direct object 'la medecine' (no preposition).
le grand-père	grandfather	Mon grand-père raconte des histoires. My grandfather tells stories.
'Des' = indefinite plural article. 'Raconte' = present 3rd person of 'raconter'.
la grand-mère	grandmother	Ma grand-mère fait le meilleur gâteau. My grandmother makes the best cake.
'Fait' = irregular present of 'faire'. 'Le meilleur' = superlative of 'bon'.
l'oncle	uncle	Mon oncle habite en Belgique. My uncle lives in Belgium.
'En + feminine country' for location. Belgium is feminine in French.
la tante	aunt	Ma tante vient dimanche. My aunt is coming on Sunday.
'Vient' = irregular present of 'venir'. No article before days when meaning 'this Sunday'.
le cousin	cousin	Mon cousin a le même âge que moi. My cousin is the same age as me.
'Le meme...que' = comparison structure 'the same...as'. 'Moi' = stressed pronoun.
la famille	family	La famille se réunit le dimanche. The family gets together on Sunday.
'Se reunir' = reflexive verb, present 3rd person. 'Le dimanche' = every Sunday.
le mari	husband	Son mari est très gentil. Her husband is very nice.
'Son' = her/his (masc.). 'Gentil' = masc. adjective, no agreement change needed.
la femme	wife / woman	Ma femme travaille à l'hôpital. My wife works at the hospital.
'A l'hopital' = preposition + elided article before 'h'. 'Travaille' = present 3rd person.
le bébé	baby	Le bébé dort dans son lit. The baby sleeps in its bed.
'Dort' = irregular present of 'dormir'. 'Son' agrees with 'lit' (masc.).
l'eau	water	Un verre d'eau, s'il vous plaît. A glass of water, please.
'D'eau' = 'de + eau', partitive elision. Polite formula 's'il vous plait'.
le pain	bread	J'achète du pain chaque matin. I buy bread every morning.
'Du' = partitive article (de + le) for uncountable nouns. 'J'achete' = elision of 'je'.
le lait	milk	Je bois du lait au petit-déjeuner. I drink milk at breakfast.
'Du' = partitive article. 'Au' = contraction of 'a + le'. 'Bois' = irregular present of 'boire'.
le café	coffee	Je prends un café le matin. I have a coffee in the morning.
'Prends' = irregular present of 'prendre'. 'Le matin' = every morning / in the morning.
le thé	tea	Tu préfères du thé ou du café ? Do you prefer tea or coffee?
'Du' = partitive article used twice. 'Preferes' = present 2nd person of 'preferer'.

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