祖母
そぼ
(my) grandmother
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Examples
祖母は元気です。
そぼはげんきです。
My grandmother is well.
祖母は料理が上手です。
そぼはりょうりがじょうずです。
My grandmother is good at cooking.
去年、祖母の家へ行きました。
きょねん、そぼのいえへいきました。
Last year I went to my grandmother's house.
Common patterns
- 祖母の家
- one's grandmother's house
- 祖母に会う
- to meet one's grandmother
- 祖母と話す
- to talk with one's grandmother
Memory tip
祖 (ancestor) + 母 (mother) = grandmother; swap 母 for 父 and you get 祖父, grandfather.
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