scenario 2 sarah and mark are sitting in a coffee s
"Sarah and Mark are sitting in a coffee shop looking at Mark's family photo album, discussing various relatives and their histories."
Sarah
An intermediate English learner who is curious about people's backgrounds.
Mark
A beginner English learner who is sharing his family history using a photo album.
The Dialogue
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Scene Vocabulary
Practice vocabulary words & meanings.
/ኤክስቴንድድ ፋሚሊ/
ሰፊ ቤተሰብ
A family that includes not only parents and children but also other relatives like grandparents and cousins.
ወላጆችንና ልጆችን ብቻ ሳይሆን እንደ አያቶችና የአጎት ልጆች ያሉ ሌሎች ዘመዶችንም የሚያካትት ቤተሰብ።
/ሜትሪያርክ/
የቤተሰብ አስተዳዳሪ (ሴት)
A woman who is the head of a family or tribe.
የቤተሰብ ወይም የጎሳ መሪ የሆነች ሴት።
/ሲብሊንግ/
ወንድም ወይም እህት
A person's brother or sister.
የአንድ ሰው ወንድም ወይም እህት።
/ሃፍ ሲስተር/
ከአንድ ወላጅ የምትገኝ እህት
A sister with whom one has only one parent in common.
ከሁለቱ ወላጆች አንዱ ብቻ የሚመሳሰል እህት።
/ስቴፕ ማዘር/
የእንጀራ እናት
The wife of one's father, who is not one's biological mother.
የአባት ሚስት የሆነችና የወለደች እናት ያልሆነች ሴት።
/ነርቸር/
መንከባከብ/ማሳደግ
To care for and encourage the growth or development of someone.
የአንድን ሰው እድገት ወይም መሻሻል መንከባከብ እና ማበረታታት።
/ኢን ሎውስ/
የጋብቻ ዘመዶች
Relatives by marriage.
በጋብቻ አማካኝነት የሚመጡ ዘመዶች።
/አንሴስትሪ/
የዘር ግንድ
One's family or ethnic descent.
የአንድ ሰው የቤተሰብ ወይም የዘር አመጣጥ።
/ሄሪቴጅ/
ቅርስ/ውርስ
Valued objects and qualities such as cultural traditions passed down from previous generations.
ከቀድሞ ትውልዶች የሚተላለፉ እንደ ባህላዊ እሴቶች ያሉ ውድ ነገሮች።
/ጄነሬሽንስ/
ትውልዶች
All of the people born and living at about the same time.
በአንድ ወቅት ተወልደው የሚኖሩ ሰዎች በሙሉ (ትውልድ)።