First, a picture of Drew's side of the family:
From Dad's B-day 2010 |
Dad/David to Drew and/or Olivia- Padar/Ota
Olivia to Drew- Hohar
Drew to Olivia- Aka
Matt to Drew- Yazna
Drew to Matt- Kainee
Noah and Luke to Drew- Bachahoi Hohar
Matt to David- Domode
Olivia to David- Duktar
Drew to David- Bacha
Leslie to David- Kayleen
David to Leslie- Hoosoor
Olivia to Leslie- Kaisingle
Leslie to Olivia- Yanga
Leslie to Noah and Luke- Yanga
Drew to Noah and Luke- Toha
Noah and Luke to Leslie- Bachai Kaisinglei
Leslie to Drew- Zan
Drew to Leslie- Shavhar
David to Noah and Luke- Bobo
Noah and Luke to David- Nabera
Noah to Luke- Aka
Luke to Noah- Dodar
Drew and Olivia to David and Betty- Farzandho
If Drew's mom was in the picture here's how she would fit in (only the things that are different):
Mom to Drew and/or Olivia- Modar or Ocha
Betty to Leslie and/or Matt- Hooshtoman
Betty to Noah and Luke- Bibi
Everything works out the same in a picture of my family, just reversed, except since Stephanie is my stepmom she would be called my moindar.
Here's a picture of us with our grandparents from our wedding:
From for blog |
We'd call all our grandparents bobo and bibi.
Drew's grandparents to me or my grandparents to him: Hoosoor calon and Hooshtoman calon
Noah and Luke to Drew's grandparents: abera
Drew's grandparents to Noah and Luke: Bobo calon and Bibi calon
Finally, a random picture from a long time ago with Drew's aunts and uncles in it to show you how that works:
From for blog |
Sarah and Laura to Drew- Ama
Jim to Drew- Yazna
If we had a picture with Drew's mom's sisters they would be called Hola. Their husbands would also be called Yazna.
Whew! I think that's it! This can seem quite complicated but the more we talk about it the easier it will become and it's something easy to talk about with other people. Everyone has some family (oh, the word for family is oila) so we can definitely talk about this with people. They will just have to be patient as this is all we can say right now, except tell them names and ages! :-)
Hope you enjoyed this little language lesson! It was good practice for me!
4 comments:
This language lesson is fascinating. Leslie, you and Drew have accomplished a great deal already! You both are in our thoughts and prayers. Tell Drew I also appreciate the "butt-call" the other day. Mamaw and Pop were thrilled they were able to Skype with you.
Take care! I love you both!!!
Lol, this is hard to follow in English let alone Tajik (sp?) Good work!
Thanks and thanks! Glad you both enjoyed it! It's a lot to learn! :-)
Wow! If you just get those family relationships down you've really learned a lot about someone's family!
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