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How do you distinguish between mother's mother and father's mother in your language?
I know you call mother's mother and father's mother "grandmother/grandma" in English.But I'm just wondering how do I know who is who when you say "grandma"?In Chinese we call mother's mother 姥姥，and father's mother 奶奶。Also, How do you distinguish between mother's father and father's father in English?
What about other languages?
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What about other languages?
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Anna,
I imagine that it is different in various parts of the English speaking world, but in English speaking Canada you can use the family name to distinguish them when you are talking about them.
My mother's mother is my grandmother. She would be Grandma Smith and her husband Grandpa Smith.
My father's mother is also my grandmother. She would be Grandma Jones and her husband Grandpa Jones.
When we are talking to them in person, we just say Grandma or Grandpa.
If you have them all together in the same room then of course you could use their last names or their first names to adress them. Grandma Mary or Grandma Smith, Grandpa Henry, etc.
Anna,
I imagine that it is different in various parts of the English speaking world, but in English speaking Canada you can use the family name to distinguish them when you are talking about them.
My mother's mother is my grandmother. She would be Grandma Smith and her husband Grandpa Smith.
My father's mother is also my grandmother. She would be Grandma Jones and her husband Grandpa Jones.
When we are talking to them in person, we just say Grandma or Grandpa.
If you have them all together in the same room then of course you could use their last names or their first names to adress them. Grandma Mary or Grandma Smith, Grandpa Henry, etc.
My grandmother on my mother's side.
(Mother's side = mother's side of the family)
...etc.
There are of course other ways to address them. My kid calls my mother Grandma, calls my stepmother Noonna, and calls her mother's mother Obaachan. Go figure!
(Mother's side = mother's side of the family)
...etc.
There are of course other ways to address them. My kid calls my mother Grandma, calls my stepmother Noonna, and calls her mother's mother Obaachan. Go figure!
In my language you can say "Avó" for grandmother and "Avô" for grandfather. The write seems very similar, but the sound is completely different. Now, to distinguish between mother's father and father's father in any language, I think you have to use the first name or the family´s name after grandma and grandfa.
mother's mother/ father's mother = aachchi or aachchi amma
mother's father / father's father = siiya or aatha
mother's father / father's father = siiya or aatha
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