Family – la famille

(Pronounced fam-ee)

To remember that Family is pronounced fam-ee (famille) in French, use the following mnemonic:

The family discovered their crops had been destroyed – they faced an immediate famine, with hardly anything to eat (famille)

Famille is feminine, so it's la famille. Imagine our lady Labrador having a family of her own.

Examples of famille (family) in a sentence

J'adore ma famille. 

(I love my family.)

Voici ma famille. 

(Here is my family.)

Ma famille est très importante pour moi. 

(My family is very important to me.)