vocabulary: people Flashcards
adolescent
puber (young person who is developing into adult)
age
leeftijd (period of time someone has been alive)
generation
generatie (all people about the same age within a society)
infant
zuigeling (a baby: be born to 1 year)
middle-aged
van middelbare leeftijd
juvenile
jongere (relating to a young person who’s not old yet enough to be considered an adult)
young
jong (having lived for only a short time & not old)
minor
minderjarig (too young to have legal responsibilities of adult)
teenager
tiener (person who is between the age of 13-19)
adult
volwassene (person grown to full size & strength)
baby
baby (a very young child, not begun to talk & walk)
birth
geboorte (time a baby comes out of it’s mother’s body)
child
kind (boy/girl from time birth until adulthood)
dummy
Fops peen (rubber object given to suck to a baby to make it stop crying, comfort)
incubator
Couveuse (container that controls t° & air for a weak premature baby can be kept alive)
nappy
luier (soft clotch fastened around the babies bottom & between legs to absorb urine)
pram
kinderwagen (vehicle to move your baby around, consists a bed & a frame on 4 wheels)
premature
prematuur (happening or done too soon, before natural or suitable time)
teethe
tandjes krijgen (baby or small child is teething, causing pain/first teeth)
heir
erfgenaam (person who receives legally money/title from another person when they die)
parents-in-law
schoonouders (parents of husband/wife)
in-laws
schoonfamilie (your husband/wife’s family)
wife/husband
echtgenote/echtgenoot (person you’re married to)
son/daughter
zoon/dochter (male/female child)