Does anyone know how a father or mother would speak to a child in swedish? EX( honey, sweetie, darling, etc.) Or how to say mom or dad? Grandma, grandpa? etc. Thanks!
How do you express family relationships in Swedish?
Posted by Admin on February 7th, 2010
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Mom – mamma
Dad – pappa
Maternal grandmother – mormor (often called mommo)
Paternal grandmother – farmor
Maternal grandfater – morfar (often called moffa)
Paternal grandfater – farfar
Brother – bror or in slang brorsan
Sister – syster or in slang syrran
Things you can call a child:
Lilla vännen – Little friend
Gumman or Lilla Gumman – Old lady or little old lady (don’t know how we ended up calling children this but we do)
Gubben or Lilla Gubben (Old man or little old man)
Mammas lilla älskling – Mother’s little darling or Mother’s little loved one
Sötnos – Cutie pie (literal translation is “cute nose”)