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La famille at B1 — step-family & relationships

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Blended families and the words for modern relationships.

📓 Familles & relations

1🔊

stepfather/father-in-law

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stepmother/mother-in-law

3🔊

half-brother

4🔊

in-laws

5🔊

partner

6🔊

an ex

7🔊

to get on well

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to argue

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to raise children

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a blended family

🔊 Example sentences

Je m’entends bien avec ma belle-mère.I get on well with my mother-in-law.
Ils ont une famille recomposée.They have a blended family.
Mon demi-frère a cinq ans.My half-brother is five.

💡 Your B1 goal

At B1 the pattern should work in conversation at normal speed, including the common exceptions. Push yourself to use it while talking, not just in exercises.

Feeling shaky? Step back to La Famille at A2. Comfortable? Level up to La Famille at B2.

On se dispute rarement.We rarely argue.

✍️ Practice

La mère de ma femme, c’est ma ___ . (mother-in-law) (belle-famille)

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belle-mère

On s’___ très bien. (get on) (reflexive)

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entend

Une famille ___ . (blended) (adjectif)

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recomposée

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