SDLC 110 Bi-weekly Learning #4

[Daniel Matthew Kunath]

Smaragda taught me about family trees, and all the terms for different members of a family.  Some of these are eminently natural, like μαμά for mother.  Some needed a little bit of thought, like αδερφός for brother (think Philadelphia), while others seemed to have no English connection, like παππούς for grandfather.  I do prefer when everything is a cognate, but I just sat down and memorized some the hard way.  This will be useful because I will be introduced to Smaragda’s family in Greek, and will need to be able to keep track of who is who to whom.