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Nithila Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

How to call my father's elder and younger brother?

How to call my father's elder and younger brother? and how to call my mothers elder and younger sister with specific way?
  

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Your father's brother is your uncle. Your mother's brother is your uncle. Your fathers sister is your aunt.

  • Your father's brother is your uncle.
  • Your mother's brother is your uncle.
  • Your fathers sister is your aunt.
  • Your mother's sister is your aunt.
  • English does not have specific names for older or younger uncles and aunts, nor for the father's side / mother's side.
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Your father's brother is your uncle.
Your mother's brother is your uncle.
Your fathers sister is your aunt.
Your mother's sister is your aunt.

English does not have specific names for older or younger uncles and aunts, nor for the father's side / mother's side.
So if Bob is the name of my father's older brother, and John is my father's younger brother, I call them Uncl
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There are specific names for father's and mother's sides. If your uncle or aunt is from your father's side, you can say 'paternal uncle' or 'paternal aunt' respectively and if in mother's side, 'maternal uncle' and 'maternal aunt' respectively.
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AnonymousThere are specific names for father's and mother's sides. If your uncle or aunt is from your father's side, you can say 'paternal uncle' or 'paternal aunt' respectively and if in mother's side, 'maternal uncle' and 'maternal aunt' respectively.
Most of us don't. If, for some reason, we need to be more specific, then we say "my father's brother' rather
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English doesn't have importance of relationships in life, it shows how much you care of loved ones.
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AnonymousEnglish doesn't have importance of relationships in life, it shows how much you care of loved ones.
That's a sweeping over-generalisation.
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NithilaHow to call
What to call
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Anonymous What to call
The question is 'What should/do/can we call? ...'

'What to call ...' is appropriate as the title of an article.
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So if i have introduce my father's elder brother i'm gonna say he is my "paternal elder uncle" or if I introduce his wife than she is my "paternal elder aunty" right. Correct if im wrong
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Just say:

This is Mr. Singh. He is my father's elder brother.
This is Mrs. Singh. She is my aunt, the wife of my father's elder brother.

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