There are millions of grandmas. The proper name I use for my grandma is"Grandma". So"Grandma" is one person, but"a grandma" is one of many people."My grandma" and"my grandmother" have determiners, so they are not names. The names are different in different families: Granny, Grady, Grandma, Grandmother, Gigi, etc.
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Senior Member. USA / EEUU. English - US. Jan 23, 2021. #3."Grandma's" is correct. The other form would be rarely if ever used. S.
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Feb 24, 2009. #2."Omi" is a diminutive for"Oma". It is the same for Opa/Opi. I do not know if"Oma" is a diminutive. It depends on regions and family tradition, whether you use"Oma" or"Omi". I also heard"Großmutter" ("grandma") and"Großvater" ("grandpa") but it was not used in my own family. There is no difference in the names between ...
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Agreeing with the others, and adding that sometimes the name for"Grandma" is tied to how far the grandchild's speech has developed. For example, when my grandson was just learning to talk: - If I was not present, his mother was"Mama". - If I was present, his mother became"Mommy", and I was"Mama". - My husband was"Papa".
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Banned. Urdu - Pakistan. Feb 14, 2022. #5. eli-milqo said: Hello All: Sabta (Savta) is a good option, but there is another one which is"Qashta". The literal meaning is"old woman", but it is used to say"grandmother". סָבְתָא, too, literally means"old woman", but is also used to mean"grandmother".
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French (France) Feb 8, 2013. #3. It is not easy to represent spoken Arabic in Arabic script. In Damascus (for example) “grandfather” is zhaddo, that is: classical jadd plus the diminutive/affective suffix –o. This is what my grandson calls me. You can write it as جده but this does look like classical jadduhu “his grandfather”.
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The difference between grandfather and grandpa, and grandmother and grandma is simply that - pa and - ma are more informal. May I say that in other words : grandmother / grandfather are the"official" terms (grand'père / grand'mère in French) grandpa and grandma are"affectionate" terms (pépé or papy / mémé or mamie in French - among ...
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Jan 28, 2006. #2. The 'correct' terms are maternal grandfather and grandmother for your mother's parents and paternal grandfather and grandmother for your father's. However, most people grow up using a"babyname" for at least one set of them - Nan, Gran, Gramps, Dads etc. The list is endless.
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Poland. Polish. Jan 27, 2010. #6. I think many middle-aged women who become grandmothers do not feel ready to be called grandma -"babcia". That is why their grand-children are taugtht to call them otherwise. The other reason for using less usual names may be that a child invents itself a name for its grandmother.
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1. These are my grandma and my grandpa. [A boy is introducing his grandparents to his friend, they are all together in one room, near each other] 2. They are my grandma and my grandpa. [A boy is explaining who are these people on the picture or at the same room, but not near him - say, at the opposite corner of the room ] Thanks! T.
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