Older sister OR Elder sister | WordReference Forums
Dec 10, 2013 · Here the "older" in "my older sister" means that the sister is older than the speaker. However, "my oldest" sister would be with respect to the ages of the other sisters and not the speaker. A speaker aiming for clarity would probably say "the oldest of my 7 sisters"
Big sister vs. elder sister - WordReference Forums
Aug 24, 2018 · I can't think of any instance where I would be likely to hear elder sister instead of big sister in talking about family relations in U.S. English. If I had more than one sister older than me I would call them my oldest sister and my next oldest sister.
First elder/older sister [birth order] - WordReference Forums
Jun 13, 2017 · We do say "my older sister" and "my younger sister", but there is no phrases for "the 1st, 2d, 3d of my older sisters". Birth order is rarely mentioned. For example, if you have three older sisters (Judy, Katy, Lily) all these expressions are common: My sister Katy, my sister Lily, my older sister Katy, my older sister Lily, my sister Judy, my ...
My sister wants me... - Newgrounds.com
Dec 19, 2006 · Everyone. Please help me. I was doing my homework on my desk, then all of a sudden my older sister walks in nonchalantly. She asks me if I need any help, and she wraps her arms around me, feeling up on me. I just said no and ignored it. She giggled and then whispered into my ear "You're so ado...
kinship terms - Phrase for the elder of my younger sisters?
Nov 30, 2014 · @TRomano “My older little sister” (for some reason, elder just sounds very strange to me here) would make both points of comparison clear: she’s a little sister, so she’s younger than me; and she’s the older, which means that there is exactly one other little sister who is younger than her. Similarly, “my oldest little sister ...
Cantonese: elder, older sister | WordReference Forums
Mar 24, 2014 · Why it only applies to older sister? Well, you will find a lot of Chinese kinship addresses NOT symmetrical... I have a Cantonese-speaking colleague who used to ask me why in Mandarin it's 叔叔(uncle) - 阿姨(untie), but not 叔叔 - 姨姨, nor 阿叔 - 阿姨, like in Cantonese. I can only say: it is not because it is not...
All about sisters - WordReference Forums
Jan 12, 2007 · Now comes the problem. There is no obvious way of saying that she is my "younger younger sister", i.e. younger sister because she's younger than me and younger because she's younger than the other younger sister. And of course the problem is worse when I have some older sisters and some younger. The second-youngest sister might be my older sister!
"Elder brother" or "older brother"? - English Language & Usage …
Dec 17, 2013 · The quoted source does not state that elder is preferable to older, but rather that elder may be used when comparing ages - and that this especially occurs when comparing members of the same family (You would be less likely to use elder when comparing two buildings, for example; the only time it might be more common would be to be to say "the elder of the …
older sister / younger sisters | WordReference Forums
Jan 29, 2018 · "Older sisters,younger sisters" In Spanish, we say " mis hermanas mayores" to refer to "my older sisters" and " mis hermanas menores" to refer to "my younger sisters" ; I have heard "my little sister" being used,but I'm not sure if "my big sister" is correct; take a look at the following sentences: 1.one of my older sisters is a dentist.
addressing older brothers or sisters | WordReference Forums
Aug 16, 2007 · 1. When you call or talk to your older brother or sister, do you need to use hermano, mano, manito, etc? 2. Or do you just address them using their first names? 3. How about when calling or talking to younger brother or sister? TRIVIA: In at least one region in my country, older brothers and sisters or friends are called Manong/Manang.