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I miei genitori e i miei nonni sono qui.

I miei genitori e i miei nonni sono qui.
My parents and my grandparents are here.
From Lesson 25:Plural possessive adjectives (i miei, le mie)·Italian

Breakdown of I miei genitori e i miei nonni sono qui.

essere
to be
e
and
qui
here
mio
my
il genitore
the parent
il nonno
the grandfather

Questions & Answers about I miei genitori e i miei nonni sono qui.

I learned that family words don't take the article (like mio padre). Why do we use i before miei genitori?
While it is true that singular close family members drop the article (like mio padre or mia madre), plural family members always keep it! That is why we must use the article i for i miei genitori (my parents) and i miei nonni (my grandparents).
Why do we use miei instead of mio here?
In Italian, possessive adjectives must agree with the noun they describe in gender and number. Because genitori (parents) and nonni (grandparents) are masculine plural nouns, you must use the masculine plural possessive miei instead of the singular mio.
Does i miei nonni just mean grandfathers, or does it include grandmothers too?
It includes both! In Italian, when a group includes both males and females (like a grandfather and a grandmother), the masculine plural form is used. So, i nonni means grandparents as well as grandfathers. The same rule applies to i genitori for parents.
What is the difference between qui and qua for the word here?
Both qui and qua mean here and are almost completely interchangeable in everyday Italian. Qui can sometimes imply a more exact location, while qua can feel slightly more general, but you can safely use either one in this sentence.

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