uncle

«uncle» in Mova's school dictionary: the brother of your mother or father — 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 (uncle, uncles)

meaning for a pupil

1) An uncle is the brother of your mother or father. tree →

2) An uncle is also the husband of your aunt. tree →

3) Some children call a close family friend «uncle». tree →

sense in the lessons

In school maths: a person in the story who gives or receives things; ages (uncle older than dad by some years). In everyday life: family trees, visiting aunts and uncles, uncles at family parties. Phrases: «my uncle», «Uncle Tom», «aunts and uncles», «great-uncle» (your grandparent's brother).

examples

• Her uncle gave her 10 dollars. tree →
• My uncle is 12 years older than my dad. tree →
• She has 2 uncles. tree →
• Uncle Tom bought 5 books. tree →
• My uncle took us fishing at the weekend. tree →
• Your mum's brother is your uncle. tree →
• All my aunts and uncles came to the party. tree →
• My great-uncle is ninety years old. tree →

note

Countable: «an uncle» (vowel sound). Capital letter with a name: «Uncle Joe». His children are your cousins. Maths: a person; giving adds to the receiver and takes away from the giver. Trap: the age difference stays the same every year.

In the corpora

• Cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles, and families spread out, so some cousins only meet at weddings and funerals.
• jiùjiu («JYO-jyo») is mum's brother, in many families a special, spoiling uncle.
• Noah's uncle showed him an old game with no shop at all, and they played it until dinner went cold.
• «Secret mission.» Then a mate checked the team list online: no uncle.
• You don't need invented things, like a horse or a famous uncle, to be liked.

Trees and pragmatics

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