Learning a new phrase every day is a great way to build your vocabulary step by step. That’s why we post a new phrase every day in several languages* so that you can learn continuously. Whether you’re learning French, German, or Greek, you’ll find these phrases useful. Try to use this phrase today!
| Language | Phrase [Transliteration] |
| French | grand-parents |
| German | Großeltern |
| Italian | nonno |
| Brazilian Portuguese | avô (m.)/avó (f.) |
| Spanish | el abuelo |
| Arabic | جدّ [jadd] |
| Chinese | 祖父母 [zǔfùmǔ] |
| Japanese | 祖父母(grandparents), 祖父(grandfather), 祖母(grandmother) [sofubo (grandparents), sofu (grandfather), sobo (grandmother)] |
| Korean | 조부모 [cho-pumo] |
| Greek | παππούς και γιαγιά [pa-PUS ke ghia-GHIA (grandfather and gradmother)] |
| Hebrew | סבא [saba] |
| Russian | бабушка или дедушка [babushka ili dedushka] |
| Dutch | grootouder |
| Polish | dziadkowie (this noun exists in plural only, there is no singular word for grandparent, it would be ‘dziadek’ for’ grandfathe’r and ‘babcia’ for ‘grandmother’) |
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