Family Members

Italiano A1A15. Unit 5: My Family

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Talking About Your Family in Italian

Welcome to Unit 5: My Family! In this lesson, you will learn the core vocabulary to talk about your relatives in Italian. In Italian, most family members take a masculine ending (-o) for males and a feminine ending (-a) for females.

Basic Family Members

• madre (mother) / padre (father)
• fratello (brother) / sorella (sister)
• figlio (son) / figlia (daughter)

Using Possessives with Family

When talking about singular family members (like my mother, my brother), you usually do not use definite articles (il/la) in Italian! For example:

• Mio padre = My father
• Mia madre = My mother

Note: The plural forms (miei fratelli, mie sorelle) do require articles (i miei fratelli).

Common Mistakes

Mistake: Saying “La mia madre” instead of “Mia madre”.
Correction: Drop the article (la) for singular unmodified family members!