Family
परिवार
Spanish and Hindi both assign grammatical gender to every noun, and for family words the assignment already matches biological sex in both languages — पिता (father) is masculine just like el padre, and माता (mother) is feminine just like la madre.
Grammar Comparison
व्याकरण तुलना
-o/-a and -ा/-ी: two languages with matched gendered endings
hermano (brother, -o) / hermana (sister, -a)
बेटा (-ा) / बेटी (-ी)
Spanish pairs like hermano/hermana or hijo/hija swap a final -o for -a to swap gender. Hindi does something remarkably similar with several family words — बेटा/बेटी (son/daughter) swap a final -ा for -ी. The exact letters differ, but the underlying habit — recognize gender from the noun's own ending — will already feel natural to a Hindi speaker.
Not every family word marks gender this visibly, in either language
el padre / la madre — no shared root at all
पिता / माता — कोई साझा रूप नहीं
Just like Spanish padre/madre don't share a root the way hermano/hermana do, Hindi's पिता and माता are also unrelated words rather than a matched pair. Both languages mix 'visibly paired' words with 'just memorize them separately' words, so don't expect every family term to follow the neat -o/-a or -ा/-ी pattern.
Vocabulary
शब्दावली
| Spanish | Pronunciation | Hindi | English |
|---|---|---|---|
| la madre | lah MAH-dreh | माताmātā | mother |
| el padre | el PAH-dreh | पिताpitā | father |
| el hermano | el er-MAH-noh | भाईbhāī | brother |
| la hermana | lah er-MAH-nah | बहनbahan | sister |
| la abuela | lah ah-BWEH-lah | दादी / नानीdādī / nānī | grandmother |
| el abuelo | el ah-BWEH-loh | दादा / नानाdādā / nānā | grandfather |
| el hijo | el EE-hoh | बेटाbeṭā | son |
| la hija | lah EE-hah | बेटीbeṭī | daughter |