Talk About My Siblings
I have many siblings. They are my cousins who are my parents’ siblings' children.
We lived in the same city and grew up together. Every weekend, we played together. On the weekend, my parents and I usually visited my mother's parents house at lunch time with my older sister and younger brother, and we visited my father’s parents home at dinner time with my cousins. We got together every week, so we are still close even today.
Nowadays, we live in different cities in China, because of working or studying. We keep in touch with each other via social media. We usually gather for the Spring Festival, or travel together in our spare time. The older siblings already have their own family so it’s hard for them to travel with the rest of us. The time of childhood is beautiful.
#30 days writing challenge-11#
There is a question I want to consult, and thanks first:
How do I introduce my mother’s parents and my father’s parents at the same time , because they are the same named “grandparents/grandma/grandpa” in English.🤣
^ that is true! The way you did it is fine, especially since you're introducing both. It will even take an English speaker an extra second to figure out who you're talking about since it's an extra calculation (their mom's...parents...) but it is clear. If you're only talking about one at a time, there is no need to distinguish.
Here are some sample sentences:
I went to my grandparents' house last week.
My grandparents on my dad's side live close to me but my grandparents on my mom's side live in another state.
My dad's parents sometimes go golfing with my mom's parents.
Another interesting thing is how you mentioned you see your cousins as siblings--even if you do, we would usually call them cousins. Just the manner in which you talk about them and think about them like siblings would demonstrate that closeness.
