grandad

«grandad» in Mova's school dictionary: a friendly word for your grandfather, your mum's or dad's… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a grandad, grandads; Grandad as a name)

meaning for a pupil

1) Grandad is a friendly word for your grandfather, your mum's or dad's father. tree →

2) Grandad can be used as a name when talking to him: «Hi, Grandad!» tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday family life and stories, grandad visits, tells stories, or looks after children. In family trees in school, a grandad is two generations above you; most people have two grandads. Other words: grandpa, granddad, grandfather, gramps, pop. Phrases: my grandad, Grandad and Nan, at Grandad's.

examples

• My grandad takes me fishing on Saturdays. tree →
• Hi, Grandad! Can we play cards? tree →
• Grandad told us stories about when he was a boy. tree →
• We're having lunch at Grandad's house. tree →
• I have two grandads and two grandmas. tree →
• Grandad grows tomatoes in his garden. tree →
• My grandad is my dad's dad. tree →
• She made a birthday card for her grandad. tree →

note

Spelled grandad (common in the UK, Ireland, Australia) or granddad (more common in the USA). Capital letter when used as a name (Grandad), small letter after «my». «Grandpa» is more common in the USA.

In the corpora

• Picture a living room in Melbourne: Dad sits you down and says, "Grandad is dying.
• Afterwards everyone goes to the pub, and some people even laugh while telling stories about Grandad.
• Scene: at Christmas dinner in Leeds, Grandad and Auntie Jo argue about the government until the gravy goes cold.
• yéye («YEH?-yeh») is grandad on dad's side; children also call any old man yéye.
• A sentence can be very short: Grandad in Edinburgh asks, «Aye, ken that's a sentence?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «grandad» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.