Ines i njezina obitelj

Today you will work on your own. You will learn more about Ines and her family members. Ines and James are on their way to the island of Brač. As you remember, Ines invited James to spend a weekend with her and her family. On their way to Brač, while on the ferry, Ines is showing James pictures of her family members that she has in her phone. Together with James, learn more about Ines and her family.

What’s coming?

You will listen to several dialogues and you will complete a set of tasks for each dialogue. This will prepare you for our next class session when you will need to talk about your own family. During our next class session, you will also need to talk to other classmates and learn more about them and their family members. For that reason, it is important that you practice and learn this new vocabulary today.

🎧 Slušanje 1

Ines and her family

3.1.1 Zadatak 1. Ines

Listen to the dialogue between Ines and James. Ines is talking about her nuclear family. While you are listening to the dialogue, fill in the blanks with the missing words.

3.1.1 Zadatak 2. Mama, tata, brat i sestra

Let’s see how much you remember about who is who. Decide whether the statement is True (Točno) or False (Netočno).

3.1.1 Zadatak 3. Tko su oni?

Now that you have mastered the basic vocabulary related to nuclear family, let’s see if you remember their names. Complete the following sentences with the appropriate word.

🎧 Slušanje 2

Mom and her side of the family

Now that we learned about Ines and her uža obitelj (nuclear family), let’s expand it further. In this section, you will learn more about Ines’ mom and her side of the family, meaning we will talk about Ines and her šira obitelj (extended family). The terminology (i.e., vocabulary) that will be covered comes from Ines and her perspective. Thus, it will be easy for you to adopt the vocabulary when you talk about yourself.

3.1.1 Zadatak 4. Mama

Listen to the dialogue between Ines and James. Ines is talking about her extended family on her mom’s side.

🎧 Slušanje 3

Mom and her side of the family

Let’s move on… Who else is there on her mom’s side? Listen to the following dialogue and complete the task.

3.1.1 Zadatak 5. A tko je ovo?

Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks.

3.1.1 Zadatak 6. Baka, djed, ujak

3.1.1 Zadatak 8. Did you get it?

Ok, here is a task for you… Go through the slides below and answer the question at the very end.

🎧 Slušanje 4

Mom and her side of the family

Let’s move on… Who else is there on her mom’s side? Complete the set of tasks below.

3.1.1 Zadatak 9. Ujak i teta

Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks.

3.1.1 Zadatak 10. Wait… did you catch the plural?

Just to be sure you get this…

3.1.1 Zadatak 11. Ponovimo

Who is who — mom’s brothers and sisters. Determine whether each statement is True (Točno) of False (Netočno).

3.1.1 Zadatak 12. Terminologija

Let’s be sure you got the terminology right so far… Choose the image that best corresponds to each statement.

🎧 Slušanje 5

Mom and her side of the family

More about mom’s side of the family… Let’s look at Ines’ uncle and his family. How will Ines talk about her cousins and her aunt?

3.1.1 Zadatak 13. Darko i njegova obitelj

Listen to the dialogue between Ines and James and fill in the blanks.

3.1.1 Zadatak 14. More plural forms

Look at the following nouns and complete the missing parts. Write the singular or plural form of each noun.

3.1.1 Zadatak 15. Mirta, Lea i Nina

Who are Mirta, Lea, and Nina? Choose the image that corresponds to each statement or fill in the blanks.

🎧 Slušanje 6

Mom and her side of the family

And finally, Bruno. Let’s see his family and their relations to Ines.

3.1.1 Zadatak 16. Bruno i njegova obitelj

Listen to the dialogue and complete the tasks.

3.1.1 Zadatak 17. Da ponovimo…

Let’s make sure you got the terminology right. Choose the image that corresponds to each statement.

🟢 Review #1

What did we learn?

Let’s review and make sure you covered the basic vocabulary related to family members on mom side.

3.1.1 Zadatak 18. Ines i njezina obitelj

(uža obitelj). Look at the picture and complete the text with the missing words.

3.1.1 Zadatak 19. Mama i njezini roditelji.

Read carefully what Ines says and complete the text from her perspective. (image: from left to right)

3.1.1 Zadatak 20. Darko i njegova obitelj.

Read the text and fill in the blanks. Again, read carefully what Ines says and complete the text from her perspective.

3.1.1 Zadatak 21. Bruno i njegova obitelj.

Read the dialogue between James and Ines carefully as they talk about her uncle and his family. Complete the text with the missing information.

🎧 Slušanje 7

Dad and his side of the family

There are some differences in terminology when we talk about family members, depending on whether we are talking about relatives on the mom’s or dad’s side. You will expand your vocabulary further and you will learn more about Ines’ dad and his side of the family. As in the previous sections, you are learning the terminology based on Ines and her perspective. This will help you reuse the vocabulary when you talk about yourself.

3.1.1 Zadatak 22. Tata i njegova obitelj

Listen to the dialogue between Ines and James, and fill in the blanks. Ines is talking about her extended family on her dad’s side.

3.1.1 Zadatak 23. Sric

Wait… what does stric mean? Complete the task below to learn more.

3.1.1 Zadatak 24. Ujna / strina

OK, so we learned the difference between ujak and stric. What about the difference between ujna and strina? It shouldn’t be hard to get it now, right? 🙂 Choose the image that best corresponds to the given statement.

🎧 Slušanje 8

Dad and his side of the family

Stric Petar i strina Ivana – they also have children.

3.1.1 Zadatak 25. Darija i Stjepan

Listen to the text and fill in the blanks.

3.1.1 Zadatak 26. Jednina / množina

More on singular / plural forms… Write the Croatian equivalent of the following words:

🎧 Slušanje 9

Dad and his side of the family

And finally, Ines’ dad and his parents…

3.1.1 Zadatak 27. Djed i baka

Listen to the dialogue and fill in the blanks.

3.1.1 Zadatak 28. Zaključak

Let’s wrap it up… Choose the image that best corresponds to the given statement.

🟢 Review #2

What did we learn?

Final review. Check how much you learned today.

🧩 Vocabulary list