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The family

Finnish English Finnish English
perhe family vanhemmat parents
isä father äiti mother
veli brother sisko sister
isoisä / vaari grandfather isoäiti / mummo grandmother
poika son, boy tytär daughter
mies husband, man vaimo wife
lapsi child serkku cousin

With the possessive endings from this unit: äitini — my mother, isäsi — your father, hänen siskonsa — his / her sister. And with minulla on: Minulla on kaksi siskoa. — I have two sisters (partitive after the number).

Vaari and mummo are the warm, everyday words for grandparents.