Jumieka/Level 1/Lesson 2

From Wikibooks, the open-content textbooks collection < Jumieka Immediate family Pairents ~ Parents Just like in English, the Jumieka language has several words for mother and father. Starting with the words for mother, we see: Mumma And sometimes: Mahda The most common word for father is: Puppa But occasionally Fahda is used. Siblin' ~ Siblings The words for Siblin (siblings) are for brother:BrorBreddaand for sister:SistaPikni, Pitney ~ Children In Danish, the words for son and daughter are close to English. They are søn and dauta, respectively. The rest of the familyOnkle = UncleAuntie = AuntNiece = NieceNevyu = NephewKuzn = CousinGranmahda = GrandmotherGranfahda = Grandfather The Jumieka word for grandchild is granpikni. Great-grandparents ~ Great-grandparentsGreat-granfahda/Great-granpuppa = Great-grandfatherGreat-granmahdah/Great-granmumma = Great-grandmother The Danish word for great-grandchild is Great-granpikniGreat-great-grandparents ~ Great-great-grandparentsGreat-great-granfahda/Great-great-granpuppa = Great-great-grandfatherGreat-great-granmahdah/Great-great-granmumma = Great-great-grandmother The Danish word for great-great-grandchild is Great-great-granpikni For every generation from this point forward you add another great-' to the title. Jumieka