It's All Relative! Trivia Quiz

Answer: grandfather

The Italian for 'grandmother' is 'la nonna'. 'Godfather' is 'il padrino', 'father-in-law' is 'il suocero', and 'cousin' is 'il cugino'. To make all these feminine, the article must change from 'il' to 'la' and the ending must change from 'o' to 'a'.

Answer: grandson and nephew

'Il nipote' becomes 'la nipote' in the feminine. 'Brother' is 'il fratello', 'great-grandfather' is 'il bisnonno', and 'daughter' is 'la figlia'.

Answer: step-mother

'Nanny' is 'la tata', 'aunt' is 'la zia', and 'godmother' is 'la padrina'. The Italian for step-father is 'il patrigno'.

Answer: brother-in-law

'La cognata' is the female equivalent. 'Half-brother' is 'il fratellastro'.

Answer: great-grandmother

The word 'bis' means 'encore' or 'again'.

Answer: il neonato

There are other words for 'baby' which include 'il bambino' but 'il neonato' refers to the baby being recently born. 'I gemelli identici' are 'identical twins', 'la figlioccia' is a 'female godchild' and 'la madrina' is 'godmother'.

Answer: il fratello maggiore

'Il fratello minore' is 'a younger brother' and I included 'il figlio' (son) as a red herring!

Answer: lo zio

'Lo zio' is an interesting noun because it needs the 'lo' article which is used before certain words including 'z' and 's' plus a consonant, e.g. 'lo specchio' (mirror). 'Il genero' is 'son-in-law'. 'Oncle' is the French word for uncle.

Answer: la nuora

'La sorellastra' is 'half-sister', 'la figlia' is 'daughter' and 'la gemella' is 'female twin'.

Answer: Papà (babbo or padre)

'Nonno', as I have already mentioned, is 'grandfather', 'bimbo' is an informal word for a small child, a shortened form of 'bambino' and 'daddy' is an English word. Alternatively a child might refer to his/her father as 'babbo' which also features in 'Babbo Natale' -'Father Christmas'. I hope you've enjoyed this quiz, thanks for playing!