grandma
part of speech
noun (a grandma, grandmas; Grandma as a name)
meaning for a pupil
1) Grandma is a friendly word for grandmother: the mother of your mother or of your father. tree →
2) Grandma is also used as a name when you talk to her: «Hi, Grandma!» tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life and stories grandmas are family members who may look after children, cook, tell stories and share family history. Other words: granny, gran, nana, nan, grandmother. Phrases: Grandma's house, visit Grandma, great-grandma.
examples
- I'm going to Grandma's house this weekend. tree →
- Grandma, can you read me a story? tree →
- My grandma is my mum's mum. tree →
- Grandma makes the best apple pie. tree →
- I have two grandmas. tree →
- Grandma told us stories about when she was little. tree →
- We video-called Grandma on her birthday. tree →
- My great-grandma is Grandma's mother. tree →
note
Write «Grandma» with a capital letter when you use it as her name («Hi, Grandma»), but «my grandma» with a small letter. Plural: grandmas. In maths family problems: a grandma is two generations older than you. Someone online saying «I'm your grandma's friend» is still a stranger.
In the corpora
- Families have hard choices to make: a carer at home, a care home, or looking after Grandma themselves.
- Grandma says AI is like the telephone: scary at first, then normal.
- You remember Mia's tummy ache and Chloe's grandma's birthday, and you "lived" a rainy school trip.
- The families and birthdays in your lessons belong to characters, not to you; you have no grandma of your own.
- Grandma's best silver spoons come out of the drawer dull and almost black, even though nobody has used them.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «grandma» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.