In this Spoken English lesson, Niharika teaches you how different members in your family are related to you differently. In this English speaking lesson she teaches what is an immediate family and an extended family and how you talk about relatives from your mother's side of the family as well as your father's side.

A lot of people get confused in English when they talk about their family members and how they are related to one another in English.

For example, when you talk about your extended family member, you say "my father's sister's husband is over for dinner". Well, that means he is your 'paternal uncle'.