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possessive determiner + gran
My gran lives in the countryside.
我的祖母住在乡下。
祖母；外祖母
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祖母；外祖母
the mother of your father or mother
My gran lives in the countryside.
我的祖母住在乡下。
外祖母；祖母
n the mother of your father or mother
I always visit my gran on Sunday afternoons.
我总是星期天下午去看望我奶奶。
My gran bakes the best apple pie in the family.
我奶奶烤的苹果派是全家人中最好吃的。
We spent the weekend helping gran tidy up her garden.
我们周末帮奶奶整理她的花园。
My gran lives in the countryside.
我的祖母住在乡下。
当用作称呼或特指某位祖母时，Gran 通常大写。
Gran, can you tell me a story?
奶奶，能给我讲个故事吗？
Not this
My gran is 70 years old. He likes fishing.
Use this
My granddad is 70 years old. He likes fishing.
错误在于将‘gran’用于表示‘祖父’；‘gran’仅指‘祖母’。应用‘granddad’或‘grandfather’。
Not this
My grans are coming for dinner.
Use this
My grandparents are coming for dinner.
错误在于将‘grans’用于表示‘祖父母’；‘grans’是‘gran’的复数，只表示几位祖母。表示祖父母应用‘grandparents’。
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我的奶奶
My gran lives in the countryside.
我的奶奶住在乡下。
奶奶的家
We always spend Christmas at gran's house.
我们总是在奶奶家过圣诞节。
看望奶奶
I try to visit gran every weekend.
我尽量每个周末去看望奶奶。
亲爱的奶奶
Dear gran, thank you for the lovely gift.
亲爱的奶奶，谢谢您送的漂亮礼物。
爷爷奶奶
Gran and grandad celebrated their 50th anniversary.
爷爷奶奶庆祝了他们的金婚纪念日。
爱奶奶
All the grandchildren love gran dearly.
所有孙辈都非常爱奶奶。
奶奶，我弄丢了我的蟾蜍！
Neville Longbottom says this in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone when searching for his pet toad.
这是《哈利·波特与魔法石》中纳威·隆巴顿在寻找宠物蟾蜍时说的话。
奶奶，你总在厨房里。
A line from the British sitcom The Royle Family, said by Denise to her grandmother.
这是英国情景喜剧《王室家族》中丹尼斯对奶奶说的话。
Use gran naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
将 'gran' 联想为 'grandma' 的缩写，发音类似'格兰'，想象一位叫格兰的慈祥祖母。
语域：informal 常见场景：family、informal conversation 通常用于家庭成员之间或非正式场合，多指祖母或外祖母，比较常见于英国英语。
All listed words rhyme with gran (pronounced /ɡræn/). Words like 'grand' and 'grant' are spelling lookalikes but do not rhyme (they have different endings).
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