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About my family

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About my family

From: kellycali@ainrofilac.eg

To: yoko@idkwyl.ptm

Subject: My family

 

Dear Yoko

Let me tell you about my family. I live with my mum, my dad and my big sister. We live in California. My mum’s name is Carmen. She’s Mexican and she speaks English and Spanish. She’s a Spanish teacher. She’s short and slim, she’s got long, brown hair and brown eyes. My dad’s name is David. He’s American. He’s tall and a little fat! He’s got short brown hair and blue eyes. He works in a bank. My sister Shania is 14 and she loves listening to music. She listens to music all the time! She’s got long brown hair and green eyes, like me. I’ve got long hair too. We’ve got a pet dog, Brandy. He’s black and white and very friendly.

Write soon and tell me about your family.

Love

Kelly

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Submitted by fonasimarmata24 on Thu, 11/05/2020 - 07:55

My name ia Fona,i am 17 years old.I live with my dady,my mom,and my little brother.We live in Samosir.My mom is a private employee,she's got short and black hair and brown eyes.She is 47 years old.My dady is a farmer,he's got short and black hair and brown eyes.He is 51 years old.My little brother has studies in elementary school.We have a black pet dog.

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Hello Everybody!! My name is Angel, I'm 17 years old, I'm from Indonesia, I live with my parents and my siblings, I'm the firstborn child of three siblings, I have one sister her name is Nastasya, now she is in the final stage of senior high school and I also have a fat little brother his name is Given, now he is in elementary school, my dad's name is jemat, now he is 48 years old and my mom's name is Sonria,my parents worked as farmers. This is what I can tell about my family. Thank you

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Hello everyone! Well we know that family are some of the people we first meet when we was born in the world. Now, let me share for you about me and my family. I have a wonderful family. There are four people in my family. Such as my father, my mother, my sister, and me. We live in Kasongan, Katingan Hilir, Kalimantan Tengah. My name is Anggur. It's a unique name for me, so it's easy to remember that. My dad's name is Saipullah . He's 40 and he's Banjarese. He's have black hair and brown eyes. He is a mechanic. My mum's name is Siti. She's 39 and Banjarese too. She's have long and brown hair and brown eyes. She just a housewife. So far she's smart housewife for we family of course. I have a sister and she's name is Winda. She's 14 and so tall than me. Me and my sister like playing TikTok every single day and we like explore about food anytime we want do. I think that's a great story about me and my family. Thank you for reading and stay healty.

Submitted by anggitawulann_ on Thu, 11/05/2020 - 07:05

Hello everybody! My name is Anggita. You can call me Angggita. I live in Pangkalan Dewa village with my family. I have a younger sister. My mother is a housewife and my father is a farmer. My parents are very strict and discipline. My siblings is independent to do daily activity. She wash clothes and so do I. We are taught to be tough and independent since we are kiss. I love my family very much. I learn many thongs from my parents and my sibling. We are also taught to take care each other. Despite our busy daily activities, my parents never forget to have quality time with their children. We regularly spend our weekend somewhere, for example beach, cottage, cinema, and many other places that we like and new to try. I can't even show more how happy I am to be born in this family. Besides, we also have a special day when the kids can ask question about something in our mind for example phenomenom around us or something that is considered as taboo. My parents build making question gabut and ask us to think critically. We usually do that on Friday night. My mom always accompany us when we are studying every night. Menwhile nya father is usually busy with God preparation. But, he also Will help us when we have a question for him.

Submitted by Dwikasinta on Thu, 11/05/2020 - 06:40

Hi everyone! My name is Winda. I come from Indonesia. I was born in a city of Indonesia, namely in Kasongan on October 28 . I'm 18 years old and currently studying at Palangkaraya University, majoring in chemistry education. I have one brother and he is married. My parents are still complete. My mother's name is Wennie, she is a housewife. My father's name is Ludewit, he is an entrepreneur. My father owns 2 shops that sell office supplies and photocopy services and owns one hotel, it's all in Kasongan. We are from the Dayak tribe. Currently we all live in Kasongan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia. Regards, Winda
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Submitted by JoModerator on Thu, 11/05/2020 - 09:06

Hi Dwikasinta,

Thanks for your comments on LearnEnglish Teens. This website is specially for teenagers aged 13-17 years old but as you are older than that, I have to ask you please do not post any more comments, as we must keep this strictly for teenagers to interact with each other. Of course you are welcome to keep on using LearnEnglish Teens, without posting comments.

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Submitted by Lalalera on Wed, 10/28/2020 - 12:15

Hello! My name is Lera, I'm 14 y.o. I live in Russia with my mum, dad and little brother. My mum's name is Olga. She's got long fair hair and blue eyes. My dad's name is Sergey. He's got short black hair and brown eyes. My brother's name is Lesha. He's got short fair hair and brown eyes. We've got a pet fish, Erica.

Submitted by SetiaAnifaRiadelano on Thu, 11/05/2020 - 08:12

Hello! My name is setia. Iive in Nihan village with my mum' dad and my sister. My mum's name is Asniati. My dad name is Nonan. He's talk and a little thin. Ye work in a garden. My sister Ajeng is year and she loves listening to music. She's got long hair too.

Submitted by anna28 on Sun, 10/18/2020 - 18:26

Hello! My name is Ana, I`m 17 years old and I am from Romania. Let me tell you about my little family. My family has got three members. My father`s name is Daniel. He is a policeman. He stops the drivers who do not follow the traffic rules.He is tall and thin. My mother`s name is Mary. She is a teacher at one of the famous kindergarten from our city. She is beautiful, tall and slim. We love to spend much time together. In our free time we like to travel on mountain tops.

Submitted by Erandi7 on Wed, 10/28/2020 - 01:58

Hello my name is Erandi I'm 12 years, I live in Mexico with my parents, Their names are Miriam and Israel. My mom is chubby and delight, has long hair and black eyes. Mi father is slim and tall, He is shy and nice. I have a pet his name is Yupi, he is crazy but is a good dog. I would like to be doctor when I grew up.

Submitted by Princess2401 on Thu, 10/15/2020 - 10:49

Hi everyone,my name's Vlada.I live in Ukraine. My family is big. It's mum my dad and two sisters. My mum and mu dad are an accountent. I and my bigger sister study at the school. and my the biggest sister studies in the university.We have got two cats and dog. My cats name are Archi and Lyna. My dog name's Joy. I love my family and my pets

Submitted by samianaznin on Wed, 09/16/2020 - 07:27

Hi, my name is samia.I have a small family.My father,mother and one younger brother.My brother is only 10 years. I'm the first child of my parents. My father and mother both are teacher. Although they always busy with their,they take care of me very well.That's all about my family.

Submitted by Rocco16 on Mon, 09/14/2020 - 15:18

Hello, my name is Rocco, I have 2 brothers, I am the oldest, one is 8 years old, his name is Romeo, and the other is called Roman and my father's name is Jose Roberto, he is 38 years old and my mother's name is Sandra Alicia is 36 years old and that it's all my family

Submitted by Msharymnn on Sat, 09/12/2020 - 17:56

Hello my name's Mshary,I have a small family with 1 brother and 1 sister،They are beautiful,My sister's name is Gadah She got tall black hair and black eyes, I love her, I think she is the best sister in the world, My brother's name is Sultan he got short black hair, he's nice too, My mother is the best thing in my life, she got nice black hair and black eyes, she get me everything I want, and my father is also good and also get me everything my family are good I love them.

Submitted by Victor_gtz14 on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:54

Hello everyone, my name is Victor and I'm 15 years old. I live with my parents in a big house. We live in Mexico. My mom is from Michoacan she is tall, she has a long hair and brown eyes. My father is from Jalisco and he is tall and bald, he works in the field. Also, I have 2 brothers; Marco and luis, but they live out of here and they are studying at the university.

Submitted by JoseO on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:46

Hello, my name is José and I am from Mexico, in my family we are 5: My Mother, my father, my sister, my dog and me. My dad is an industrial engineer and my mom has her own business. My sister is in high school and is in bicultural. My dog has 3 years old and is very playful

Submitted by ulisesrey on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:43

Hello, I am Ulises, my family is made up of my parents and two younger brothers, I am the oldest. My father is an accountant and my mother does not work, my brothers study at school.

Submitted by MVillarreal on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:40

hi My name is María, im 15 years old, Im form México.There are 4 us in my family, my dad, my mom, my sister and me. We have two dogs Teo and Greta. My family is bit small, but we try to be as close possible. My dad is an engineer, my mom was a veterinary and my sister is studying architecture. Every wekeend we go out to eat or watch movies.

Submitted by Fatima on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:40

Hi, my family is big, we are 6 members, my parents, my big brothers and my big sister, we live in Mexico, everyone have brown hair, brown eyes, and short hight, my sister, my big brother and me like singing :)

Submitted by LuisaM on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:39

Hello everyone, my name is Luisa and my family is small, we are only 4 members: Mom, dad, my little sister and I. My mother work with his family, my father is engineer and my brother and I are student.
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Submitted by Vale_R on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:39

I live with my mom, my dad and my young brother, we also have a little dog named Kia, We live on Mexico, My dad works at a big company, my mom works at home, she take care of us.

Submitted by JohanaD on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:38

Hi, Let me tell you about my family. I live in Mexico with my family: my mom, dad, and my two sisters both are younger than me. My mom and my Dad work in a company, my sisters and I are students, me in High School, my middle sister at Middle School, and my little sister at elementary school.

Submitted by Flavio on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:34

Let me tell you about my family. I live with mi sister, my dad, and my mum. We live in Monterrey N.L., Mexico. My mum’s name is Ma. Gabriela. She’s Mexican. My dad’s name is Flavio. He’s Mexican. He works in a company . My sister’s name is Samantha, she studies.

Submitted by DiegoD on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:30

Hi, everybody I live in monterey, Mexico in my house with my Father mother, sister and our three dogs My dad is engineer and my mom takes care of my sister and me we love travel and spend time together my sister likes ballet and I soccer

Submitted by Arturo on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:29

Hello! My name is Arturo. I live with my parents, I live with my brothers. My father works to pay school fees. My mother is a housewife. I have two brothers and a sister, my sister is 13 years old, my brother is 10 and my other brother is four. I am 15 years old, I am studying high school and I send them. Regards :)

Submitted by DiegoCastro on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:27

Hello, My name is Diego, let me tell you about my family.I live with my my mum, my dad and my sister.We live in Mexico. My mum's name is Gabriela.She's Mexican and she speak english and spanish . She's short, brown hair and brown eyes. My dad's name is Alejandro. He's Mexican too. He's tall and fat, He's got short black hair and black eyes.He works in a company.My sister valeria is 17 and she loves play videogames with friends.She's got long black hair and black eyes , like me.we've got a dog and two cats named Tamy, Coco and Manchas.

Submitted by claudia303 on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 17:43

hi, good day My name is Claudia, I am 15 years old and my family is five, I have two sisters and I have three pets, a fish, two dogs and a ferret, me and my sister play soccer, and my other sister does not play anything but she is a model, in my family we really like to travel and see new places and eat new things

Submitted by Aguilar_tecnologico on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 16:08

Hi my name is xcaret and I live with my mother and my father, we live in Tuxpan Veracruz my mother is 46 years old and my father is 46 years old, I am 15 years old and this February I will turn 16. The name of my parents are Elda and Juan, I like dance and I like listen to music all time. My parents work a lot so I'm hardly ever with them, I like go out with them.

Submitted by 01281855 on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:52

Hi, I am Emilio, let me tell you about me and my family, I live in Monterrey, N.L. Mexico, I have one big brother and one big sister she is the older between me and my brother, I am 15, My dad's name is Chema. He's Mexican and he's tall like me. He's got long, black hair and brown eyes. He works in a company. My mum's name is Rosy. She's American. She's got long, curly, brown hair and brown eyes. I like playing fotball and I like riding my bike, I've got long curly black hair and we've got a pet dog, Yoyo, He's white and brown and very friendly.

Submitted by Fuster on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:51

Hi, everyone My name is Isabella, I'm 15 years old. I live in Alvarado, Veracruz, with all my family. I have two brothers, their names are Milo and Santiago, they love plaing footbal. My father names is Luis he is a lawyer, and my mother names is Isabel. And we have three dogs, Kimba, Rocko and Sachy. See you later

Submitted by Fernanda on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:48

Hi! My name is Fernanda I'm 15 years old, I live in Mexico with my parents and my siblings, I have two sisters and one brother, my two sisters study at the university and my brother is in high school, also we have a three pets, two dogs and a fish. Well tell me about your family.

Submitted by MarceloSepulveda1 on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:47

Dear Yoko Hello, my name is Marcelo, I live in Mexico, I'm 15 years old, there are 6 members in my family, my dad, my mom, my two brothers and my pet's Zeus and Mia there are dogs-Husky. My parents are 43 years old and my brothers are 20 and 22 years old, everyone in my family has brown hair and brown eyes, only I wear glasses.

Submitted by Danielgzz_ on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:46

Hi everyone! My name is Daniel, I´m 15 years old, and I have a small family, I only live with my mom and my dog, I don´t have any brother o sister but I have one cousin and I love her as if she were a sister. We live in Monterrey, México, my mom was teacher and now she has a spa business, my cousin studies architecture university and I'm in high school.

Submitted by Israel on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:45

Hello I live in Monterrey with my parents and my younger sister. My dad is average height, but he is broad and very strong, he is dark and has black hair. My mom is a little short in stature, she is white skinned and has curly hair, my younger sister has many moles

Submitted by jennifer_Palafish on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:45

Hi My name is Jennifer, I have 15, I live whit my my dad, mom, big brother and big sister. My dad and mom have their telecommunication company. Their name is Gabriel and Guillermina, they have 45 and 44. My brother has 18 and he studies in nanotecnology. My sister has 25 and she works in a biotecnology company. And that's my family. Thanks.

Submitted by juanpa99 on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:43

Hi, my name is Juan I am 15 years old, I live in Monterrey N.L. My family is small only are my mom, my father, and my brother. My father is from Tampico and my mom is here from Monterrey. My brother and I are very tall in my family we are the only so big and very tall. All in my family have brown eyes and black hair.

Submitted by LuisTonchez03 on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:38

Hi my name is Luis,I'm 15 years old,I from Mexico,my family we are 5,my dad work in government with my sister, my mom doesn't work, my brother studying, and I'm a student.

Submitted by A01286176 on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:37

Dear Francisco My name is Axel, I`m 15 yeras old, I live in Monterrey,N.L Mexico. I live in a house with my parentes, i have one brother who is 14 years old. When my father was young he studied at the same highschool like me at my mom studied at UANL See you later

Submitted by A01285868 on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 15:32

Hi, I live with my mom, dad, grandmother and with my brother, we have a pet, his name its Sparky, its really funny, we love them:)
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Submitted by FreddyMartinez_ on Thu, 09/10/2020 - 04:09

My family is small, we are only 4 members: Mom, dad, my little brother and I. My mother is nurse, my father is architect and my brother and I are student. I study at the university and my brother at school.

Submitted by paolasalas on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:31

my family is very small, we are only 4 members: my mom, dad, little sister and I. My parents work the same but in different places, my sister and I are student, my sister is in seventh grade an I'm in high school. in my family we love the weekend because we always buy popcorn and we watch a lot of movies.

Submitted by adrianamireles on Fri, 09/11/2020 - 18:58

Hi everyone, my family is small, we are my dad, my mom, my little sister and me. My mom is a doctor and my dad is a teacher, my sister and I are student. She goes to school and I go to high school. We have a cat
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Submitted by Azul_Matthew on Fri, 09/04/2020 - 22:43

Hello everyone, my name is Jade and I live with my mother and brother, they are all I have, we live in Mexico City, my mother is 38 years old and my brother is 4 years old, I am 15 years old and this December I will turn 16. a normal coexistence. my mother is a housewife and a local saleswoman, I always help her sell on weekends and I really like it. My mom is medium tall, has curly hair and is pretty My brother is little chubby and has very beautiful black eyes I am tall, my hair is short and I have light brown eyes.

Submitted by Mafalda on Wed, 09/02/2020 - 02:12

Hi everyone. Let me introduce you to my family. My name is María Fernanda but everyone calls me "Mafe" . I'm from Colombia. I have a big family, but today I will introduce you only my near family. There are six of us: My parents and my three siblings. My Dad's name is Rubén. He is Colombian. He works at "El Dorado" airport like a security guard. He is short but strong, he's got short and hair black and his eyebrows are very full. My mom's name is Sonia. She is Colombian too. She is dressmaker and she has her own place. She is very short and she's got short and brown hair. She's got the most beatiful nose that I have ever seen in whole the world. My older brother is Cristian, he is 29 ang he is Systems Engineer. My older sister is Stefan, she is 25 and she studies at University and finally my younger brother is Santiago, he is 13 and he goes at the secundary. Finally we've got a cat, her name is Nila and she is 11 months. We are very close and we support each other. Bye.

Submitted by rumaysa on Tue, 08/11/2020 - 11:01

Dear Yoko. Let me tell you about my family. Well, my name's Reyna and I am 15. I've got a mother, father, little brother, and sister. So, my little brother is 8 years old and he is very noisy. But my sister is very helpful. And she always helps me to wash the dishes all the time. My mom is a teacher of the English language. She has got long brown hair and brown eyes like me. She is a very beautiful woman. My dad is a journalist and he always knows what he should do. We are a happy family and we will always help in need! Lots of love Reyna!)

Submitted by Lama_jyg on Mon, 08/03/2020 - 15:28

Hi everyone Let me tell you about my family. I live with my dad ,my mum, thee sisters and one brother. We live in big house in Saudi Arabia . My mum is Syrian and she is a teacher. My dad is cabten helicopters. My sister is tall and fat. My brother is study in university in USA.
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Submitted by zagrybast on Mon, 07/27/2020 - 13:05

Hi everyone! I live with my mum, my dad and my brother. We live in Russia. My mom’s short, she’s got short blond hair. She works as a doctor. My dad’s tall and strong, he works as a mechanic. My brother’s tall and little (not little) fat. He study in the college.

Submitted by truongngodang on Sat, 07/04/2020 - 04:42

About my family Dear Michael Buble, Let me tell you about my family. I live with my parents. I am an only child. We live at urban of Ha Noi. My Mother is working at a preschool as a chef and my father is working for a publish company. His work is transport schoolbooks from warehouse to container truck. Because His work is the limbs so He is very strong. This year, He is 56 years old. I am so proud about my parents. And me, I am 24 years old. Actually, I am working for a technology company. I don’t get married yet. In this year, I wanna have a girl friend, I used to like a girl but she rejected me so I was so boring but now, I am ok. I am ready for new relationship. Best regards,

Submitted by editor_rachael on Sat, 07/04/2020 - 09:07

Hi truongngodang,

 

Thanks for your comments on LearnEnglish Teens. This website is specially for teenagers aged 13-17 years old but it sounds like you are older than that. You are welcome to keep on using LearnEnglish Teens but if you are over 17, please do NOT post any more comments as we must keep this strictly for teenagers to interact with each other. 

 

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Submitted by ali2009 on Fri, 06/26/2020 - 12:14

hi guys today each one of you will have a chance to know more about me and my family.We are from moroco and we live at Rabat,we are 4 members me ,my brother,my dad and my mom,maybe some day we will have a chance to have a pet,if my mom agree, my mom work as a teacher, me and my brother study in a medium size school it near to us we are hardworking students we got the best marks in the school, my dad work in the healh ministry , in holidays i love to go to grand parents house.
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