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Thiago Gualdi V.
Family Members Names
Again, for the sake of comparison, I'll show the examples in Portuguese:
Avô (Grandfather), Bisavô (Great-grandfather), Trisavô, Tetravô, Pentavô, Hexavô and so on.
We keep ordering with the greek numbers the older relatives.
Or, in a informal and funny way of speaking, we would change 'trisavô' for 'tataravô' (a corruption of 'tetravô', actually) and just add 'tatara-' for every older generation. So, 'tataratataravô', tataratataratataravô', like a machine gun, a test of our tongues' skill as well.
How to say that in English? We should add 'Great-' for every older generation (e.g. Great-great-grandfather)?
2009년 7월 27일 오후 5:45
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Yes, it's "great-great-great-" if you like, or "fifth-great, sixth-great," etc., as in Portuguese.
We also say, "My grandfather's grandfather,", etc., or "my grandfather seven generations back on my mother's side", etc.
2009년 7월 27일
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중국어(광동어), 영어, 독일어, 이탈리아어, 포르투갈어, 스페인어
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중국어(광동어), 독일어, 이탈리아어
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