How to Say ‘My grandma lives with us.’ in Traditional Chinese
我奶奶跟我們一起住。
wǒ nǎi nǎi gēn wǒ men yì qǐ zhù
[waw nǎinai guhn waw-men ee chee zhù]
🇹🇼 In Taiwan: Grandparents living with their adult children's family is common in Taiwan. Saying this sounds normal and warm, not unusual.
Phrase Breakdown
我奶奶
wǒ nǎi nǎi
my grandma
奶奶 (nǎinai) means 'paternal grandmother'. The second 奶 is light.
我奶奶八十歲。
My grandma is eighty.
Words in this phrase
我
wǒ
[waw]
me
Refers to the speaker as the receiver of something.
請給我您的護照，這個「我」是櫃檯人員自己。
Please give me your passport; this “我” refers to the counter staff member.
奶奶
nǎi nǎi
[nǎinai]
grandma (father's mother)
Paternal grandmother.
奶奶每天去公園散步。
Grandma walks in the park every day.
跟我們一起住。
gēn wǒ men yì qǐ zhù
lives with us.
跟我們 (gēn wǒmen) means 'with us'. 一起住 (yìqǐ zhù) means 'live together'. 一 becomes yì before the third-tone 起.
他跟我們一起吃飯。
He eats with us.
Words in this phrase
跟
gēn
[guhn]
with; to; together with
Often used before a person to mean 'with' someone in an action or interaction.
我想跟你去那邊坐一下。
I want to go sit over there with you for a bit.
我們
wǒ men
[waw-men]
we; us
A pronoun meaning we or us. It is used when talking about yourself together with other people.
我們先看一下螢幕。
Let's first take a look at the screen.
一起
yì qǐ
[ee chee]
together
Used when two or more people do something at the same time or as a group.
我們一起去登機門吧。
Let's go to the boarding gate together.
住
zhù
[zhù]
to live
To reside or stay somewhere.
他一個人住。
He lives alone.
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