What are the differences between familia y familiar?
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Melissa: Buy a dictionary. Please.
I really like some of your questions, but the difference here is exactly the same in English, or in Swedish.. Probably in Chinese too.. ( I don't know that)
"Familiar" doesn't always have to mean the literal english definition of familiar, as in something known to someone. It can be used as a noun to describe something. For example: "Ver la televisión es una actividad principalmente familiar en muchas paises latinoamericanos." In this context, it means a family activity. That comes straight out of some text in on of my Spanish books. "Las grandes reuniones familiares"-- The big family reunions. I'm guessing it just depends on the context.
Para mi familia, ver la tele es una actividad familiar. For my family, watching tv is a family activity.
Does that last sentence show you the difference? Also, in the future, you might give a brief description of what your question is rather than only putting a question in the subject box.
The original Roman familia, from which the Romance word descends (also the German Familie and English family) was not only the extended family of blood relations, but slaves,servants, dependents and clients. even some animals. It is from this larger group the wide reference of "familiar" descends.
Ok, if you don't understand the dictionaries I'll try again:
Family. Blood relations and/or relations by marriage.
Familiar: in English it means either belonging to the family,or more often, something we're used to. A familar story is one we're used to and comfortable with.
I'm familiar with this use of the word.
You will have to familiarize yourself with it This means you have to get to know it, get used to it.
If not, ask somebody in your family to make you more familiar with the concept.
The German tribes had no name for "family" in the Roman sense. The German concept of blood kin and relations was Haus, which also entered English, as in the fall of the House of Usher, or the House of Hanover, etc. This Haus was not a building but a nexus over time and was temporal. The Roman and Romance concept is spatial.
Familia means family,It is a noun.Familiar means something that is known ("conocido" in Spanish),and is frequently used as an adjective.
Familia means "family", and is a feminine noun. "Familiar" can be either an adjective or a noun. When used as a noun, it can be either feminine or masculine. Check this link for a complete description of the definition :familiar definition
familia: family familiar: relative Ejemplos: Tu familia son tus papás, hermanos y/o hermanas, etc. Un familiar tuyo puede ser un primo, una tía, un sobrino...
Trying to learn a third language by using a second language is tough. I feel your pain.
This is confusing because 'familiar' in Spanish can mean several things but often is:
an adjective to describe family ties: familiar
most often an adjective to describe how well you know something, someone, a relative or a place: familiar
(but it can be a noun too - adjective is just more commonly used)
Familia is a noun that can mean:
people with whom you are blood relatives among other more obscure usages.
