grandmother

«grandmother» in Mova's school dictionary: the mother of your mother or of your father — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (grandmother, grandmothers); also grandma, granny, nan, nana

meaning for a pupil

1) A grandmother is the mother of your mother or of your father. tree →

2) Children often call her Grandma, Granny, Nan or Nana. tree →

3) A great-grandmother is the mother of your grandmother or grandfather. tree →

sense in the lessons

A person in the story who gives, bakes, knits or is older by some years. In everyday life and family: visiting grandparents, Grandparents' Day, stories from long ago. In stories: Little Red Riding Hood's grandmother. Phrases: «my grandmother's house», «great-grandmother», «on my mother's side».

examples

• Grandmother baked 36 cookies. tree →
• She gave 5 dollars to each grandchild. tree →
• My grandmother is 50 years older than me. tree →
• Grandmother knits 2 scarves a week. tree →
• We visit Granny every Sunday. tree →
• My grandmother told me stories about when she was a girl. tree →
• Little Red Riding Hood took a basket to her grandmother. tree →
• My nan lives in Dublin. tree →
• That is what grandmother told us. tree →

note

A person only; the clue is in the verb (gives, bakes) or in the age comparison. Trap: «50 years older» is a difference to add to your age, not her age. Every person has two grandmothers: one on the mother's side and one on the father's side.

In the corpora

• Orca groups are led by old grandmothers who can live 80 or even 90 years and remember where salmon are in bad years.
• Think of a grandmother's ring with a sparkling diamond.
• Ruth was not an Israelite, yet she was welcomed and became the great-grandmother of King David.

Trees and pragmatics

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