伯母さん(おばさん)— aunt (someone else’s)
友達 の 伯母さん は 先生 です。
My friend’s aunt is a teacher.
伯母さんおばさん
aunt (someone else’s)
おばさん
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Words
友達tomodachifriend
のno(possession: ’s)
伯母さんobasanaunt
はwa(topic marker)
先生senseiteacher
ですdesu(polite sentence ending)
Kanji
伯ハクuncle; eldest
母ボ・ ははmother
伯母 can mean a parent’s older sister or the wife of a parent’s older brother. さん makes the reference polite. When speaking about your own aunt to someone outside the family, use 伯母 without さん.
Coco-sensei
