10 Things You Need to Know about the IMMEDIATE FAMILY in Arabic

In spoken Arabic, the word for “extended family”, عائلة, is often used to refer to the immediate family. People will often say: كيف العائلة؟ (in their own dialect, of course), meaning: كيف الأسرة؟.

Thouria Benferhat
Thouria Benferhat

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Multilingual author, language enthusiast and teacher. http://www.thouriabenferhat.com/

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