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FAMILY
Vocabulary input
1.Family members: siblings, parents, grandparents great-grandparents, parents-in-law, godparents,
step-parents, foster parents, cousin, nephew, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, son-in-law, daughter-in-law
2.Family status: single, engaged, married, divorced, widower, widow, single parent, the only child,
orphan, twins...
3.Family structure: nuclear f., extended f., step f., single parent f.

Family is a group of people consisting of one or two parents and their children, who share certain
goals, values and live together in one home.
Families are the basic social units in which informal relationships are formed. Children observe how
their parents talk, behave to their relatives, friends, colleagues and strangers. Then they behave
accordingly when they are adults. A good reltionship with parents is very important. Someone still at
war with parents is probably not ready for peace with a romantic partner.
Our parents take care of us from our birth until we grow up. We are loved and often spoiled by our
grandparents. We are related to our families by blood.
It is the most important social group, which provides: protection, education, socialisation, care for the
aged, sick, disabled or people who lost the job and need some help.
We learn here all the skills that we need for life: how to get on with people and be tolerant,
selfdisciplined, polite, helpful and how to communicate.
It fulfils a biological, sociological, emotional, economic and educational function.
One becomes a family member after being born. However, orphans and abandoned /opusten/
children grow up in orphanages and foster homes, where they get love from non-biological parents
and siblings. Adopting a child is a very long process.
There are a lot of different family structures:
1./ A nuclear family consists of two generations of family members living in the same household,
sharing certain goals and values- mother, father and children.
2./Extended families consists of three or more generations- it also includes grandparents, /uncles,
aunts, cousins...wide family/
3./Single-parent families involve a single person plus dependant children. This type of family is
sometimes called a broken nuclear family.
The reasons why these families are formed is divorce, pregnancy outside marriage and the death of a
marriage partner. A woman who loses her husband is called a widow and a man is a widower. When
they get married again, the new parents are called step-parents.
4./Reconstituted families /reorganizovan/ are also called step-families. One consequence of high
rates of divorce and remarriage is an increase in the number of families headed by step-mothers and
step-fathers.
A nuclear family consists of parents and their children living together.
When their grandparents or other family members such as aunts, uncles, nieces or nephews live with
them, we call it an extended family.
Because of high rate of divorce in our country, fewer children live in a nuclear family and might live
in a blended family.
A blended family is one with non-biological family members. e.g.a step-brother.

Divorce rate
Reasons for increasing rate of divorces:
1.different interests, arguments, quarrels
2. love disappearing, people cant stand each-other
3.married too early
4.having no children

5.some people prefer career

6. no help in household and by bringing up of children, egoists
7.lack of trust, faith, adultery, new woman
8.financial problems, lack of money for family, unemployment
9.addiction to alcohol, drugs
10.gambling, domestic violence-beating wife and children, sexual, physical, verbal and psychological
abuse..
Kinship /prbuzenstvo/ means connections between people that are blood relationships, e.g. mother
and child.

Single or married?
Modern European families are monogamous and married couples are expected to be faithful to each
other.The average age for marriage is much higher than it was in the past. The majority of young
people get married in their late twenties or early thirties. In the past, single people were called
spinsters /women/ and bachelors /men/. Nowadays they are recognised as modern people who dont
want to be tied down by marriage. They often live together in the same dwelling.
Living together /and raising the children/ without being formally married is called
COHABITATION. Some couples get married only when babies appear. This is strange to the older
generation and totally unacceptable among Catholics.
Family in the past used to be bigger, they used to have more children but now the average number of
children in modern family is 2. Parents want to make career and also it is very expensive to have so
many children. But in our society there are also gypsies. They have many children because they want
to get more state allowances.
In the past almost every man used to go to work while women used to look after children and home.
The father was the highest authority, making the most important decisions. Nowadays almost all
women go to work, couples tend to have children later and prefer to have one or two.
Trends nowadays are small families because of money, small flat, less time for children, to make
career, work in households, garden. Many couples choose not to get married. The number of
divorces and second marriages is increasing. The idea of the traditional family /two married parents,
average 2 children and grandparents living nearby/ is rapidly disappearing.

Wedding
When two engaged /zasnben/ people are planning to get married, a fiance proposes to his fiance.
Some families have a family celebration, the potential son-in-law offers a bouquet to his potential
mother-in-law and asks the fiancess father for permission to marry his daughter.
The wedding is a formal act that takes place in a town hall /radnica/ or in a church. They can choose
to have a religious ceremony or a civil ceremony. On the wedding day, the groom is helped by
a best man who brings the rings to the wedding ceremony. The bride may have one or more
bridesmades. Afterwards, there is a reception for the couple and the wedding guests. Its traditional
for the best man and the groom to make speeches, and then everyone drinks a toast to the couple and
wishes them a long and happy marriage. After the reception they usually go on their honeymoon. On
the same day every year after that, the couple celebrate their wedding anniversary.

Family celebrations and gatherings

Families get together for various occassions and anniversaries , such as birthdays, the first day at
school, a green ribbon party, leaving exams, university graduation, weddings, christening,
confirmation parties, religious celebrations and funerals.

Roles of family members

The main role of parents is to raise their children, to teach them how to solve problems in life,
become an independent person and care about others.
Democratic parents lead a dialogue with their children and respect their opinions.
Authoritative parents set strict rules without compromises. Such an approach /prstup/ leads to
a generation gap between parents and their own children.
Very liberal parents give too much freedom to their children without limits.
Overcaring parents give too much love and usually bring up spoilt /rozmaznan/ and dependent
/zvisl/ children who are unable to set up their own families.
Care for the aged, our grandparents and great-grandparents, can be divided among family members or
supported by social workers in old peoples homes.
GENERATION GAP difference in opinion between older and young people /between generations/.
The most common are arguments about:
- pocket money (parents claim that children spend a lot of money, children can work during
summer holidays or weekends)
- housework (young people are too lazy and parents are too pedant)
- clothes (some parents dont like the way their children dress. some young people want to
protest against society: punk, hippies),
- marks (parents get angry about their childrens attitude to the study),
- friends (they are afraid of bad influence of friends).
Parents would like their children to spend their free time at home, studying and helping them
Most parents claim that teenagers spend much of their free time out with friends and prefer making
their own decisions. They come home late /nowadays its very dangerous/, dont need any advice.
They think that todays children dont respect any adult, are impolite sometimes rude and lazy.
Teenagers complain that their parents dont understand them and control them all the time. The only
solution may be a compromise, a friendly relationship with their children. They should talk to their
children and try to find solutions together.
***Children about parents:
-they should give us more freedom
-they shouldnt make decisions instead of us
-they have different opinions and are too conservative, stick to traditions
-they always criticise young people, they underestimate /podceuj/ them
-they say that children are lazy, easy-going and unwilling to work hard
-they dont respect the young people, their individuality
-they would like their children to spend their free time at home, studying and helping them
***Parents about children:
-they are too modern, dont respect what parents do for them
-they spend too much time out with friends
-they are only interested in music, fashion, friends, their music is too loud
-they come home very late, they are lazy, rude, impolite, have bad manners, use bad words, their
hairstyle and clothes are awful
-they think they dont need any advice, they dont study enough

Duties and responsibilities

All family members have various duties and responsibilities. Domestic chores such as cooking,
shopping, cleaning should be divided between family members. Modern women are quite ambitious.
Nowadays we can see more and more fathers pushing prams or playing with their children in the
parks. Some men stay at home with their babies on maternity leave instead of their wives who may
have better-paid jobs.
Children can help at home in the following:
GIRLS can:
- wash the dishes (wash up) umy riad

- clean windows
- do the ironing ehli
- do the hoovering vysva
- tidy up the house uprata
- water flowers polia kvety
- cook lunch (dinner) uvari obed (veeru)
- make breakfast urobi raajky
- take the rubbish out vynies von smeti
BOYS can:
- help their father in the garage pomc otcovi v gari
- work in the garden
- cut the grass / mow the loan pokosi trvnik
- wash the car
- change a lightbulb vymeni iarovku
- repair (fix) things that are broken opravi veci, ktor s pokazen
There is some kind of role distribution with men working in the garden, mowing the lawn, chopping
the wood, repairing broken things, women do the household chores, cooking, washing up, ironing,
shopping, putting away clothes, they look after children and keep the house clean.
If the household chores are not divided up equally among the family members, relationships may get
worse and result in arguments.

Advantages and disadvantages to be the only child in a family

Advantages: You have everything to yourself, you dont have to share anything. You get all
your parents attention /love. You have more privacy, time and space for yourself.
-better financial situation in a family.
Disaadvantages: Too much attention of parents, you are always noticed and watched. Parents
are more cautious /opatrn/, children can feel lonely, bored but also egoistic and selfish.
Advantages and disadvantages to be the child in a big family
Advantages: Having a big family means there are more people to share your joys and troubles
with / to rely on...You have a lot of people for company, more help from siblings, care and
love of older siblings, fun, activities together..
Disdvantages: you have more duties, you have to share your things. If youre younger you
have to wear hand-me-downs. There are more siblings to fight with,... less money, worse
financial situation... You are never alone which can be an advantage but also a disadvantage.
Problems of modern families: high divorce rate /different reasons.../, unemployment,
alcoholism, drug addiction, gambling, unfaithfullness, frequent arguments, home violence,
difficult economic times,,,
Reasons of low birth rate: planning of the family contraception, abortion, financial
situation...
Describe your family
1./Introduce yourself and your family, family members /name, age, job, hobbies..../
appearance: attractive, beautiful, short, high, slim...
human traits: positive- friendly, reliable, responsible, generous, faithful, honest...
negative:mean, selfish, rude, impolite, greedy, stubborn,...
Choose one family member and describe him/her. What do you like / dislike on her?
Similarities, differences, appearance, character, hobbies....
Gatherings and celebration in your family.....

Duties and responsibilities in your family...

2.Do you come from a small or large family?
3.Who do you take after? /Na koho sa podob?/
4.Do you often visit your grandparents and relatives? When do you usually meet?
5.How much time do you spend with your family? Do you like it?
6.How do you get on with your parents? Relations in your family...
7.Advantages to be the only child,...to be the oldest child,...to have more siblings...
Example: My family is small. / I have a big family. / I wish I had a bigger family. / My family is big
but we rarely see each-other, because....
I have a mother and father..../ Its only me, my mother and father.../ My parents are divorced. / My
mother-father is remarried has a new husband-wife. / I have a step-mother step-father, stepbrother/s/, step-sister/s/.../
I have no siblings. / I am an only child. I have a younger older brother-sister.../ I am one of triplets
/trojiky/, quadruplets /tvorat/...
All of my grandparents are in good health. My grandmother-grandfather died passed away when
I was ... / I have many aunts, uncles, cousins,...
Who do you take after more, your mother or father? I look more like my father, but share more
character traits with my mother...
I am like my mother in many ways, ....we are both tall and thin, interested in sport,.. ....we both have
the same sense of humor,...the same colour of hair..
I inherited /zdedil som/ my grandmothers musical talent...sense of humour
How well do you get along with your parents and siblings?
My parents are more like friends to me, I can tell them almost everything..
My parents are a bit hard on me, they are always criticising my friends,...They have quite high
expectations of me... My parents ignore me...
I dont get along very well with my brother, sister,....we dont have a lot in common.
Relationship with grandparents
Grandparents play a very important role in families:
- they look after children and they give a link /spojenie/ to the past
- they can help when there are disagreements between teenagers and parents
- they often take care of the children when parents are at work or out in the evening
- grandparents are good listeners, they can provide financial help like pocket money, ometimes
even school fees /poplatky/
- they help young people develop respect and responsibility, they help communication in
a family
- they know a lot about a family history and so can help teenagers understand about the past

Families are the basic social units in which informal relationships are formed. Children observe how
their parents talk, behave to their relatives, friends, colleagues and stangers. Then they behave

accordingly when they are adults. A good reltionship with parents is very important. Someone still at
war with parents is probably not ready for peace with a romantic partner.
A nuclear family consists of parents and their children living together.
When their grandparents or other family members such as aunts, uncles, nieces or nephews live with
them, we call it an extended family.
Because of high rate of divorce in our country, fewer children live in a nuclear family and might live
in a blended family.
A blended family is one with non-biological family members. e.g.a step-brother.

Families are the basic social units in which informal relationships are formed. Children observe how
their parents talk, behave to their relatives, friends, colleagues and stangers. Then they behave
accordingly when they are adults. A good reltionship with parents is very important. Someone still at
war with parents is probably not ready for peace with a romantic partner.
A nuclear family consists of parents and their children living together.
When their grandparents or other family members such as aunts, uncles, nieces or nephews live with
them, we call it an extended family.
Because of high rate of divorce in our country, fewer children live in a nuclear family and might live
in a blended family.
A blended family is one with non-biological family members. e.g.a step-brother.

Families are the basic social units in which informal relationships are formed. Children observe how
their parents talk, behave to their relatives, friends, colleagues and stangers. Then they behave
accordingly when they are adults. A good reltionship with parents is very important. Someone still at
war with parents is probably not ready for peace with a romantic partner.
A nuclear family consists of parents and their children living together.
When their grandparents or other family members such as aunts, uncles, nieces or nephews live with
them, we call it an extended family.
Because of high rate of divorce in our country, fewer children live in a nuclear family and might live
in a blended family.
A blended family is one with non-biological family members. e.g.a step-brother.

Families are the basic social units in which informal relationships are formed. Children observe how
their parents talk, behave to their relatives, friends, colleagues and stangers. Then they behave
accordingly when they are adults. A good reltionship with parents is very important. Someone still at
war with parents is probably not ready for peace with a romantic partner.
A nuclear family consists of parents and their children living together.
When their grandparents or other family members such as aunts, uncles, nieces or nephews live with
them, we call it an extended family.
Because of high rate of divorce in our country, fewer children live in a nuclear family and might live
in a blended family.
A blended family is one with non-biological family members. e.g.a step-brother.

QUESTIONS Family, home, relatives

1.Characterise a family. Name and define different types /structures/ of families.
2.What is the difference in relationships in the families nowadays and in the past /grandparents/.
3.Parents vs. children. What is generation gap?Characterise it and give examples.
4.How does modern society influence the family? What do you think is the reason of the increasing divorce-rate
and a low birth rate in developed countries nowadays?
5.Define cohabitation. What do you think about it?
6.Describe your family: Describe one member of your family. What do you admire and dont like on your
siblings and friends?
7.How do you imagene your future partner /appearance, character traits/, family /big, small.../, your home.
QUESTIONS Family, home, relatives
1.Characterise a family. Name and define different types /structures/ of families.
2.What is the difference in relationships in the families nowadays and in the past /grandparents/.
3.Parents vs. children. What is generation gap?Characterise it and give examples.

4.How does modern society influence the family? What do you think is the reason of the increasing divorce-rate
and a low birth rate in developed countries nowadays?
5.Define cohabitation. What do you think about it?
6.Describe your family: Describe one member of your family. What do you admire and dont like on your
siblings and friends?
7.How do you imagene your future partner /appearance, character traits/, family /big, small.../, your home.
QUESTIONS Family, home, relatives
1.Characterise a family. Name and define different types /structures/ of families.
2.What is the difference in relationships in the families nowadays and in the past /grandparents/.
3.Parents vs. children. What is generation gap?Characterise it and give examples.
4.How does modern society influence the family? What do you think is the reason of the increasing divorce-rate
and a low birth rate in developed countries nowadays?
5.Define cohabitation. What do you think about it?
6.Describe your family: Describe one member of your family. What do you admire and dont like on your
siblings and friends?
7.How do you imagene your future partner /appearance, character traits/, family /big, small.../, your home.
QUESTIONS Family, home, relatives
1.Characterise a family. Name and define different types /structures/ of families.
2.What is the difference in relationships in the families nowadays and in the past /grandparents/.
3.Parents vs. children. What is generation gap?Characterise it and give examples.
4.How does modern society influence the family? What do you think is the reason of the increasing divorce-rate
and a low birth rate in developed countries nowadays?
5.Define cohabitation. What do you think about it?
6.Describe your family: Describe one member of your family. What do you admire and dont like on your
siblings and friends?
7.How do you imagene your future partner /appearance, character traits/, family /big, small.../, your home.
QUESTIONS Family, home, relatives
1.Characterise a family. Name and define different types /structures/ of families.
2.What is the difference in relationships in the families nowadays and in the past /grandparents/.
3.Parents vs. children. What is generation gap?Characterise it and give examples.
4.How does modern society influence the family? What do you think is the reason of the increasing divorce-rate
and a low birth rate in developed countries nowadays?
5.Define cohabitation. What do you think about it?
6.Describe your family: Describe one member of your family. What do you admire and dont like on your
siblings and friends?
7.How do you imagene your future partner /appearance, character traits/, family /big, small.../, your home.

Family
family backround - rodinn zzemie
ancestor - predok
descendant - potomok
marital status - manelsk stav
single - slobodn
married - enat/vydat
divorced - rozveden
separated - odlen
widow - vdova
widower - vdovec
orphan - sirota
to propose - poiada niekoho o ruku
proposal - iados o ruku
engagement - zasnbenie

to be engaded - by zasnben
fianc - snbenec
fiance - snbenica
wedding-religious - cirkevn svadba
by banns - ohlky
registry office - matrika
wedding cake - svadobn torta
honeymoon - medov tdne , svadobn cesta
wedding anniversary - vroie svadby
relations - vzahy
next of kin - najbliia rodina
kinship - prbuzenstvo
spouse - manel
husband - manel
wife - manelka
offsprings - potomkovia
son - syn
daughter - dcra
twins - dvojat
siblings - srodenci
sister - sestra
brother - brat
half-brother - nevlastn brat
step-sister - nevlastn sestra
in-laws - vagrovci
mother- in -law - svokra
sister- in-law - vagrin
granparents - star rodiia
great-grandfather - pradedo
niece - neter
nephew - synovec
cousin - sesternica, bratranec
uncle - ujo
aunt - teta
adults - dospel
children - deti
baby - nemluva
toddler - batoa
teenager - teenager
adolescent - dospievajci
grown up - dospel
family relationships - vzahy v rodine
take after someone - poda sa na niekoho
get on with - vychdza s niekm
respect - repektova
admire - obdivova niekoho
bring up/raise a child - vychovva diea
bridesmaids- hlavn druiky
bridegroom accompanied by the best man ench sprevdzan svedkom
marriage- sob
foster parents nevlastn rodiia, pestnski r.
domestic violence- domce nsilie
abuse zneuvanie , tranie

triplets- trojiky
an only child- jedinik
godmother- krstn mama
godfather- krstn otec
godchild- krsa /godson, goddaughter/
birth- narodenie
christening krst
name- day- meniny
birthday- narodeniny
quarrel- hda sa
household chores - domce prce
childhood- detstvo
elderly person- postar lovek
grow old- starn
look forty- vyzera na tyridsa
marital status stav
only child- jedinik
pensioner- dchodca
retire- s do dchodku
newly-weds novomanelia
propose a toast prednies prpitok
toast somebody pripi niekomu na zdravie
vow prsaha, sub
well-wishers- gratulanti
birth certificate rodn list
cradle- kolska
crib- detsk postieka
maternity hospital- prodnica
triplets- trojiky
charities- dobroinn ely
express sympathy vyjadri tos

FAMILY
1.Characterise family

2.Functions of family
3.Different family STRUCTURES+ their characteristics
4.Reasons for high divorce rate + low birth rate
5.Compare the families in the past and nowadays
6.Characterise generation gap, types of parents /democratic.../, reasons for arguments
7.Family gatherings
8.Household chores help in household
9.Engagement and marriage /ceremonies, people-nevesta-ench-druiky.../
FAMILY
1.Characterise family
2.Functions of family
3.Different family STRUCTURES+ their characteristics
4.Reasons for high divorce rate + low birth rate
5.Compare the families in the past and nowadays
6.Characterise generation gap, types of parents /democratic.../, reasons for arguments
7.Family gatherings
8.Household chores help in household
9.Engagement and marriage /ceremonies, people-nevesta-ench-druiky.../
FAMILY
1.Characterise family
2.Functions of family
3.Different family STRUCTURES+ their characteristics
4.Reasons for high divorce rate + low birth rate
5.Compare the families in the past and nowadays
6.Characterise generation gap, types of parents /democratic.../, reasons for arguments
7.Family gatherings
8.Household chores help in household
9.Engagement and marriage /ceremonies, people-nevesta-ench-druiky.../
FAMILY
1.Characterise family
2.Functions of family
3.Different family STRUCTURES+ their characteristics
4.Reasons for high divorce rate + low birth rate
5.Compare the families in the past and nowadays
6.Characterise generation gap, types of parents /democratic.../, reasons for arguments
7.Family gatherings
8.Household chores help in household
9.Engagement and marriage /ceremonies, people-nevesta-ench-druiky.../
FAMILY
1.Characterise family
2.Functions of family
3.Different family STRUCTURES+ their characteristics
4.Reasons for high divorce rate + low birth rate
5.Compare the families in the past and nowadays
6.Characterise generation gap, types of parents /democratic.../, reasons for arguments
7.Family gatherings
8.Household chores help in household
9.Engagement and marriage /ceremonies, people-nevesta-ench-druiky.../