In this lesson we will look at possessive markers once more and will introduce Nahuatl kin terms, which can be possessed, of course.
nān – tli “mother”
Tlamānēxtilli īcā cequin motōcaxtilli tlen quipōz īteco (Examples with some possessive pronouns)
/conetl/
/chocho/
nochocho “my younger sibling”
mochocho “your younger sibling”
īchocho “his/her younger sibling”
tochochohuan “our younger siblings”
inmochochohuan “your (plural) younger siblings”
ininchochohuan “their younger siblings”
/tlayi/
notlayi “my uncle”
motlayi “your uncle”
ītlayi “his/her uncle”
totlayihuan “our uncles”
inmotlayihuan “your (plural) uncles”
inintlayihuan “their uncles”
/icni/
noicniuh “my sibling”
moicniuh “your sibling”
īicniuh “his/her sibling”
toicnihuan “our siblings”
inmoicnihuan “you all’s siblings”
ininicnihuan “their siblings”
/machicni/
nomachicniuh “my cousin”
momachicniuh “your cousin”
īmachicniuh “his/her cousin”
tomachicnihuan “our cousins”
inmomachicnihuan “your (plural) cousins”
ininmachicnihuan “their cousins”
We will learn the vocabulary for family members.
![](https://tlahtolli.coerll.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/Draw_family_1_labeled-1-1024x576.jpg)
![](https://tlahtolli.coerll.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/Draw_family_2_labeled-1-1024x576.jpg)
noicniuh “my sibling”
![](https://tlahtolli.coerll.utexas.edu/wp-content/uploads/Draw_family_3_labeled-1-1024x576.png)
nochocho “my younger sibling”
Answer the following questions
- Quēniuhqui inintōcah mototatahhuan?
- Quēniuhqui inintōcah motatahhuan?
- Quēniuhquin inintōcah moicnihuan huan quezqui xīhuitl quipiyah?
- Quezqui mopipihuan ticpiya?
- Quezqui momimihuan ticpiya?
- Quezqui mochochohuan ticpiya?
Find the following words in this word search.
- Tēīxmatcacuahuitl
- Nototatahhuan
- Notatah
- Nonanan
- Notlayi
- Noahui
- Noicniuh
- Nomimi
- Nopipi
- Nochocho
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