Filling in the family
The A2 family lesson @65 gave you die Tante and the immediate household. Two gaps remain.
| der Cousin, -s | the cousin (male) | Mein *Cousin wohnt in einer anderen Stadt.* |
| die Nichte, -n | the niece | Meine *Nichte ist sechs Jahre alt.* |
der Cousin keeps its French pronunciation — roughly ku-ZÄNG — and its female counterpart is die Cousine.
| My cousin lives in another city. | Mein Cousin wohnt in einer anderen Stadt. |
die Ferien is always plural
die Ferien has no singular at all. It is the school-and-university word; der Urlaub (L28), which you already have, is the one adults take from work.
Die Ferien fangen im Juli an. — The holidays start in July.
Saying ein Ferien or die Ferie is not possible.
| The holidays start in July. | Die Ferien fangen im Juli an. |
der Karneval
The pre-Lent festival, biggest in the Rhineland. In the south and in Austria the same season is called der Fasching, and both words are in ordinary use.
das Haustier
House-animal — the general word for a pet, built from das Haus and das Tier (L37), and the word a form or a landlord will use.
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