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28 Jan 2015
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Q1: How do I call my cousin's son? My nephew or my first cousin once removed?
Q2: How do you differentiate between different "cousin"s, for example, male or female, younger or older, on your mother or father's side? Just by your knowledge or context? I ask this question because in Chinese we have specific words for all of them, which I find hard to translate into English.
Thank you for answering my questions.
Q1: How do I call my cousin's son? My nephew or my first cousin once removed?
Q2: How do you differentiate between different "cousin"s, for example, male or female, younger or older, on your mother or father's side? Just by your knowledge or context? I ask this question because in Chinese we have specific words for all of them, which I find hard to translate into English.
Thank you for answering my questions.
Q2: How do you differentiate between different "cousin"s, for example, male or female, younger or older, on your mother or father's side? Just by your knowledge or context? I ask this question because in Chinese we have specific words for all of them, which I find hard to translate into English.
Thank you for answering my questions.
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1. Your first cousin once removed. If it's your second cousin's son, it's your second cousin once removed.
2. You have to look at context. In Vietnamese, we also have a lot of words for different kinds of cousins, but in English, it's just "cousin". However, you can make it more specific by saying "baby cousin", "younger cousin", "older cousin".
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1. Your first cousin once removed. If it's your second cousin's son, it's your second cousin once removed.
2. You have to look at context. In Vietnamese, we also have a lot of words for different kinds of cousins, but in English, it's just "cousin". However, you can make it more specific by saying "baby cousin", "younger cousin", "older cousin".
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