Immersive Spanish - Immersive Spanish, Season 6, San Sebastián: Episode 17 - Sunday at the Park (Family)

Episode Date: May 20, 2026

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Season 6, episode 17. Excellent. Nuevo dia in el Paraiso. After yesterday, the hike, the surf competition, the sunset, the long walk home, I slept incredibly well. Dormi, moi, but very bien. This morning, I'm walking through Christina Nea, which is a beautiful park here in San Sebastian, right by the river. It's one of those classic old city parks with, you know, tall trees, gravel paths, little benches, and even a cafe right in the middle. I'm going to buy a coffee with leche in the cafeteria, and I'm walking along one of the paths watching the world go by.

Today is Sunday. Today is Sunday. So as you can imagine, the park is full of families. Families everywhere. Have we ever learnt how to talk about families in Spanish? Hmm. Me says that no? Ay, aye, aye. It's hour of ensignarte. Let's start with the word family.

Familia. La Familia. Very similar to English. La Familia. Say it in a funny mob-style voice if you want. La Familia. And I have a really nice phrase. La Familia lo is everything.

Family is everything. La family familia lo is to do. Now see. Let's go through the family members one by one. Mother is

Madre. Madre. La Madre. Mother. Madre. You might know this one already. Madre is one of those Spanish words that tends to come up everywhere. La Madre.

Father is very similar. In fact, it's just one letter we change. Can you guess what that is? P. Padre. El Padre. Father, Padre. Again, very recognizable. Interestingly, it's the same word in Italian.

Padre. And, well, English speakers have probably heard it too, usually in films of priests. Padre. It has that slightly serious religious feel to it, doesn't it? I remember hearing the Pope used the word Padre a lot. Makes sense. El Padre. Now, in everyday spoken Spanish, people tend to use the informal versions rather than

Madre and Padre, because mother and father, that's a bit formal, isn't it? Sounds like saying you'd say if you were in a lot of trouble. Mum, dad. That's much more normal. And in Spanish, mum is mama. Mama. Dad is Papa. Papa.

So we have Mama and Papa. The accent on the last syllable is important. We have to stress that last syllable. It's not Mama. but mama. It's not papa, but papa. Without the accent, papa or papa means potato. And we don't want to get those two mixed up. Completely different situation. Imagine introducing your father as a potato for goodness sake. So, it's not mama, it's mama. I want to hear you say it.

Mama, uh-huh. And it's not Papa, it's... Let me hear it, come on. Papa, excellent. So, I'm being nosy, and I see a dad, he's pushing a pram. The papa is empohando the cochecesto. The father is pushing the pram. Empohando means pushing.

And next time you're in Spain and you see a door, look out for the word, empuhar meaning to push cochecito means pram literally little car cochecyto quite cute isn't it actually ay que cocheccio el papa is ta empoogando the cochecesto

so let's move on to son and daughter do we know what son is already it is Tram more please. Iho. El Iho. El, Iho. What do we think daughter is?

Iha. La Ica. Iho, Iha. The O and A endings, yet again, masculine and feminine. El, Ijo, la Icha. Makes life a bit easier, huh? And, well, if you want to say children, or sons and daughters in general, you would say, I mean children, los ills.

So, I'm going to say something and I want you to guess what it means. Los I'm saying it once more. I'll say it once more. Los Ijos are playing in el parke. The children are playing in the park. Hugando means playing. They are playing.

Remember, when we see an anda ending in a Spanish verb, it means the action is happening right now. Los Ios are playing in the park. Now, let's move on to brother and sister. Do we know what brother is? I, of course, Hermano. Oh,

I, Ermano, how are you? El Irmano. And, sister? Irmana. La

Irmana. Irmano, Irmana. And when we have brothers and sisters together, Los Hermanos.

Los Hermannos. So, I could say, Tengu I have a brother and a sister. Tengo an hermano and a brother and a brother. Now, husband and wife.

Husband is Marido. El Marido. Can we guess what the wife is? Mujer. La Mujer. Now, as you know, Mujer also means

woman in Spanish. Same word. context makes it clear. If someone says my my wife, they usually mean my wife. And if they say my marido, they mean my husband. Ay, look at that couple.

That couple on the grass over there with a dog and the picnic. El marido and the muher are coming in the park. What maravia. The husband and wife are eating in the park.

El marido and the Now let's move on to the more senior generation. Grandparents, this is a lovely one. Grandmother is, abuela, abuela, abuela. La abuela. And grandfather, abuelo. Ay, abuelo, oh, abuelo. And grandparents together, can we take a guess?

Los Abuelos Now Uncle and Aunt Uncle is Thio Thio Interestingly Spaniards love to refer to their buddies

as Thios even when I'm related It's quirky You often hear What Tio Tio, Tio, what tal? Anyway Ant is

Dia Dia. Dia. Just think of Dia Maria. Dia. Also worth knowing, in informal Spanish,

Tio and Tia cousin is Primo for a male cousin. Primo. For a female cousin, can we take a guess? Prima.

Prima. El Primo, la And cousins in general? Los Primos. Now, nephew and niece. Nephew is Sobrino. Sobrino.

El Sobrino. Nice is Sobrina. La Sobrina. Now let's talk about how to say you have family members. You already know, Tengo, meaning I have. So. Tengue. I have two children.

Tengo dos Ijos. How about? Tengu an Erema major. Tengo one Erema major.

I have an older sister. Major, meaning older. Tengu Tres Primos. I have three cousins. Tengo three primos. And to say you don't have,

No Tengro Hermannos No, I don't have any brothers or sisters I'm an only child. No, no Tengro Hranoes. Now, how do you ask someone if they have siblings? Tienes Hermannos? Do you have brothers and sisters? Tienes, hermanos.

And how many brothers and sisters do you? you have? Quantos Hermannos Tienes? Quantos, Hermannos, Tienes. Quantos, meaning how many? Hermannos, meaning siblings, and Tienes, do you have?

So, altogether, Quantos Hermannos Tienes. Now let's combine family vocabulary with things we already know from this season. To say my sister is older than me, we would say, my my hermana is

major than I major than me my sister is older than me my my

brother is major than I my brother is younger than me my brother is

minor than I my brother is minor than I or my parents

live in England my parents are in England my parents live in England.

My fathers live in Inglaterra Padres, remember, covers both mother and father together just like Ijos can cover children and Irmanos can cover siblings

Vivin meaning they live These Padres Vivin in Inglaterra And using Tengo Ke which remember from a couple episodes back Tengo K obligations

Tengue I have to call my mom today. Tengo to call my mom today. I'm to call. Right. I've blasted through that, so let's have a little test. No pressure, just to make sure it's, you know, sinking in.

So, how do you say mother and father formally? And how about informally? Or los Padres. And how about informally? Mama and papa. Mama and papa. And how would you say the son? El Ijo.

How do you say daughter? La Ija. La Ija. And how would you say children? Los Ijos. Los Ijos. How about the brother?

El Eremano. And how about the sister? La Eremana. La Eremana. What about siblings? Los Eremanos. Los Eremanos. If I say Los Boeos Eremanos, does that ring any bells?

Los Poyos Irmanos. Anyway, what about the husband? El marido. El marido. And how do you say wife? The wife. La, Mujer.

La Mujer. How would you say, Grandmother? La Buela. La. Abuela. And what about? Grandfather.

El. Abuelo. El abuelo. And what about the grandparents? Los abuelos. Los abuelos. How do you say uncle?

And aunt. El Tio and La Tia. El Tio and La Tia. And what about cousin? El Primo. Or La Prima. El Prima. or

La Prima And how would you ask somebody if they have siblings? Tienes Hermannos? Tienes Hermannos How would you say

My sister is older than me? My Eremana is major than I. My Eremana is major

than I How would you say I have to call my mom today? Tengo to call my mom to call my mama today. Tengue

to call a my mom today. Viehereros, that's all. End of the test.

Very bien etcho. And that's the last of my Café con Leche. And, well, the park is getting busier as the morning goes on.

More families arriving. More children running around. More abuelos on benches soaking up the sun. There's a manana very beautiful morning. There's a real slowness to it.

Nobody's in a hurry. Nobody has anywhere better to be. Excuse me while I enjoy my Sunday and continue to people watch. Until the next, Viajeroz. Ciao.