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Hello everyone and welcome to English pod. My name is Marco.

My name is Catherine and were going to a family party today. right Marco?

that’s right with you to go see our family, or relatives and were going to talk about all the different family members that you can have. So there’s some very, very specific family members that sometimes you don’t really know the names of.

that’s right, some are not talking about mother father brother sister were talking about will be call, in English, extended family, so that means not just the people you live with but also people you are related to, or maybe in different parts of your family.

That’s right. so let’s listen to a dialogue and will be back in a bit.

A: What are you doing this weekend?

B: My brother in law is having a small get together at his house and he invited me.

A: Is it a family thing or just friends?

B: A bit of both. Some cousins, aunts and uncles will be there, but also some friends from the neighborhood.

A: Is your great uncle Rick going to be there? He is really funny.

B: Yeah he is going to be there with his step-son and his ex-wife.

A: You mean your sister?

B: No, Rick is actually my great uncle, so he is my grandmother’s brother.

A: You lost me.

B: I’ll explain later, let’s go.

all right, so now let’s talk about this family members on language take away.

language take away.

so Marco we got for family members to talk about today and the first one is brother-in-law

right so we have the word brother-in-law. So basically this person is married to your sister.

That’s right so I have a brother I have a sister but one. These people marry, they marry someone who I’m not related to by blood. We call them in-laws so brother in law sister-in-law.

right so that’s exactly the key there is that when it has the ending in law means that you’re not related to them by blood. It’s your extended family because of marriage.

That’s right so I have a younger brother when she gets married. I will have a sister in law.

that’s right it applies to, for example father-in-law that would be your husband’s dad or mother-in-law would be your husband’s mother.

Yes, these are all related to you by marriage.

all right so now, moving on to the next type of extended family member that we have is a stepson, your uncle has a stepson.

so a stepson. now, This can get very confusing. Let’s take a simple simple family with two people and their married.

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but they get divorced, so they split up and now maybe they had some kids. The wife has kids and she gets married to someone else so her new husband calls her son, his stepson

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because it’s not his son. It’s another man’s son.

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but there’s still related by marriage. So when you are new husband or your new wife has kids from another marriage. They’re called stepson stepdaughter.

That’s right so it’s the same thing as if my mother got divorced and she remarried. She has a new husband. That man would be my step father.

Alright so these are all family members when you hear the word step family members that we have because of divorce.

so stepson stepdaughter stepfather stepmother. alright and now again related to the whole divorce thing. The person that you get divorced too, is called an ex-wife or an ex-husband.

Alright, so ask like ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend means previous. So my ex-wife is someone I was married to before or in the case of a woman. my ex-husband the summertime I was married to before, but we got divorced. so we’re not married now.

that’s exactly it. So in it only applies to husband and wife or you don’t save my ex children no more, my ex-mother-in-law.

or because your children are always your children. all right.

Exactly

if you talk about your ex-wife’s parents. You just say my ex-wife’s father or my ex-wife’s mother cause there’s no more in law there’s no law you’re not married.

right. Okay. And lastly, now we have an uncle, but just not any uncle. We have our great uncle.

great uncle, so they actually explain this in the dialogue. They say he is my grandmother’s brother.

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okay so my uncle this is simple, my uncle is my mother’s brother, or my father’s brother easy, but my great uncle is one of my grandparents, brothers.

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So my grandmother’s brother. My grandfather’s brother.

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in English we don’t distinguish. We don’t say a different word for grandmother’s brother or grandson father’s brother.

right right exactly so is your great uncle could be your grandmother’s brother or your grandfather.

That’s right. So in my family I have. Well, I just have one great uncle and one great aunt, my, my grandmother has a sister so have a great aunt and my grandfather has a brother, so I have a great uncle.

And now, the prefix great can also be applied. For example, to grandparents so you can say my great grandfather.

That’s right. So were talking about generations. I have a grandfather, but his father is my great grandfather. That means we go back in the past. One more generation.

that’s right. all right so let’s take a break and let’s listen to the dialogue again.

A: What are you doing this weekend?

B: My brother in law is having a small get together at his house and he invited me.

A: Is it a family thing or just friends?

B: A bit of both. Some cousins, aunts and uncles will be there, but also some friends from the neighborhood.

A: Is your great uncle Rick going to be there? He is really funny.

B: Yeah he is going to be there with his step-son and his ex-wife.

A: You mean your sister?

B: No, Rick is actually my great uncle, so he is my grandmother’s brother.

A: You lost me.

B: I’ll explain later, let’s go.

all right were back so we picked out three key phrases for you. Let’s take a look at those now on fluency building.

fluency building

alright on fluency brother. We have a great noun here. Actually, you might’ve heard this before in a different way. But in today’s dialogue were talking about a small get together. My brother-in-law is having a small get together. Now what is a get together.

right so as you notice we seek a get together meaning that get together. We are taking it as a noun, and it may be confusing because you see the verb get, right? and you thinking it’s over, but no a get together is a reunion a meeting

All right, a party a party.

so maybe it’s a very informal party, very casual, not fancy I get together I could say Marco, I’m having a get together at my apartment you want to come and bring your girlfriend right so very simple. Maybe we have a drink or some food, but it’s nothing fancy.

that’s right, very informal, very casual, a get together and when we were asking about the get together. We asked if it’s a family thing. Or is it just friends.

So I want to take a look at this phrase here. A family thing is it a family thing what my asking when I say okay Marco this party you’re having, is it family thing?

well you asking if it’s a family reunion. A family party.

so that means if I’m not in your family. Can I still come?

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all right because if it’s a family thing. It’s just for people in my family

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if it’s for everyone. No problem, but I don’t want to go to your house if it’s a family thing because that’s private.

right so usually for example, maybe Christmas dinner would usually be a family thing you celebrate with your family mostly, but it’s not always a family thing.

That’s I could say this year My birthday is just a family thing. I’m only inviting family members.

exactly all right. And lastly we got a little bit confused with the great uncle Linda stepson, the ex-wife, and so we said you know what you lost me you lost me.

you lost me. Now this is another great phrase. The phrase means. I don’t understand I’m confused.

right. That’s exactly it. So if someone is explaining something and I don’t understand. Then you you can say you know what you lost me. I don’t understand.

right and sometimes I say this when someone is giving a grade, very long explanation for something so to get to my house. You turn left here and you go to blocks you turn right and you go straight and you wait for the stoplight. Then you go to the that the right hand corner there’s a store I segued way way. You lost me.

right I don’t understand I I’m confused.

That’s right. alright so that’s all we have. Let’s listen to the dialogue one last time.

A: What are you doing this weekend?

B: My brother in law is having a small get together at his house and he invited me.

A: Is it a family thing or just friends?

B: A bit of both. Some cousins, aunts and uncles will be there, but also some friends from the neighborhood.

A: Is your great uncle Rick going to be there? He is really funny.

B: Yeah he is going to be there with his step-son and his ex-wife.

A: You mean your sister?

B: No, Rick is actually my great uncle, so he is my grandmother’s brother.

A: You lost me.

B: I’ll explain later, let’s go.

so speaking of extended family members. What what else can we mention we have a stepfamily you stepson your stepdaughter. What about if you have an adopted child, would you say would you differentiated?

some people do some people don’t. Most people to say this is my son, this is my daughter but I would like to add that with steps, stepson, stepdaughter, it’s not just divorce that we have this. Also, if the parent, the parent may be the mother dies and the father has a new wife than the new wife can say this is my stepson. This is my stepdaughter so there are two possibilities. One is death, and one is remarriage because of divorce. But as far as adopted now, usually to say my son and my daughter but I can tell you this if my father and my mother divorce my father has a new wife and together they have a baby. The baby boy or girl is my half-brother or half-sister because we share one parent, my father.

right that. this is very interesting. So if you do have a brother or sister that is not from your say mother or father but just one parent, then yeah, it’s called 1/2 brother or sister.

half member. This half because half of their parents are the same as your parents.

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maybe one of what father or mother, both stepbrothers and stepsisters. The only reason you’re related, is because of marriage.

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Or because of blood.

We did mention that you you could have step a stepbrother. So it’s your brother, but he’s legally your brother, but is not related to your father or or anyone in your phone.

that’s right, that’s right. So maybe you have maybe have many stepbrothers that you could have a stepbrother and 1/2 brother so there are lots of different combinations because of many different reasons.

All right guys. That’s all the time we have for today but it’s a little bit of a confusing topic so if you have any questions or any doubts you can come to our website English pub.com and you can leave them there.

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