Languages › French Meet a French Family: Easy French-English Bilingual Story Share Flipboard Email Print Douglas Menuez / Getty Images Prestige. French Vocabulary Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar Resources For Teachers By Camille Chevalier-Karfis Camille Chevalier-Karfis French Language Expert Camille is a teacher and author of many French audiobooks and audio lessons on modern spoken French. She co-created and runs French Today, offering original audio for adult students. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on March 06, 2017 This story will help you practice your French vocabulary about family in context for when you next meet with them. This story is a bit twisted to help you formulate more complex familial situations using French vocabulary for recomposed families. Discussing Family in French Camille et Anne parlent de leurs familles.Camille and Ann are talking about their families. CamilleEt toi Anne, ta famille est originaire d’où ?What about you Anne, where is your family from? AnneMa famille est américaine. Du côté de ma famille paternelle, j’ai des origines françaises, et des origines anglaises du côté maternelle.My family is American. French on my father side and English on my mother side. How to Say "Do You Have Siblings" in French? CamilleEt tu as des frères et soeurs ?And do you have any siblings? AnneC’est un peu compliqué : je n’ai pas de frère ni de soeur de sang, mais mes parents ont divorcé quand j’étais très jeune, et mon père s’est remarié avec une femme qui avait déjà trois enfants. J’ai grandi avec eux et je les considère comme mes frères et soeurs. Et toi ?It’s a bit complicated: I don’t have any blood siblings, but my parents got divorced when I was very young, and my dad remarried a woman who already had three children. I grew up with them and I consider them like my siblings. What about you? Talking About your Step Family in French CamilleMoi, aussi je viens d’une famille recomposée. Mon père est mort quand j’étais bébé, et ma mère a rencontré un homme beaucoup plus âgée qu’elle, qui avait déjà deux enfants adultes. Donc j’ai des neveux et des nièces qui ont le même âge que moi. Et puis je suis restée très proche de ma famille paternelle aussi. Mon père avait une soeur qui est presque comme une seconde mère pour moi. Ma tante a une fille de mon âge, ma cousine germaine donc, avec qui j’ai passé toutes mes vacances. Elle a eu des enfants en même temps que moi, et donc nos enfants, cousins issus de germains, sont aussi super proches.I too come from a blended family. My father died when I was a baby, and my mother met a man much older than she was, who already had two grown-up children. So, I have nephew and nieces who are the same age as me. And I remained very close to my father’s family also. My father had a sister how is like a second mother for me. My aunt has a daughter the same age as I, therefore my direct cousin, with whom I spent all my vacation. She had children at the same time as I did, and therefore or children, second cousins, are also very close. Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Chevalier-Karfis, Camille. "Meet a French Family: Easy French-English Bilingual Story." ThoughtCo, Apr. 5, 2023, thoughtco.com/meet-french-family-bilingual-story-1368029. Chevalier-Karfis, Camille. (2023, April 5). Meet a French Family: Easy French-English Bilingual Story. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/meet-french-family-bilingual-story-1368029 Chevalier-Karfis, Camille. "Meet a French Family: Easy French-English Bilingual Story." ThoughtCo. https://www.thoughtco.com/meet-french-family-bilingual-story-1368029 (accessed June 5, 2023). copy citation Featured Video