--- title: Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away», a lesson of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Your cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/) / Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far a… # Cousins: like a sister, posh, or far away Lesson 510 of the everyday course of Mova's primary school: 30 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/0/) — Your cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/1/) — In Glasgow, Kenzie and her cousin Lyra live next door to each other and go everywhere together, so at school people think they're sisters. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/2/) — «Naw, cousins,» says Kenzie, «but same thing.» In Leicester, Arnav's cousin Rohan, 15, is like a big brother: he teaches him cricket, takes him to the shops and helps with his homework. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/3/) — Cousins who grow up close can be as close as siblings, or a role model you look up to. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/4/) — Some cousins live a different life. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/5/) — In Texas, Josiah's family lives in a trailer (a mobile home). - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/6/) — At Thanksgiving his cousins from California talk about private schools and skiing, and one says, «You're so lucky, you don't have to do anything.» Josiah feels small and angry. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/7/) — Rich kids don't always understand, and Josiah can say calmly what his life is really like. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/8/) — In Cheshire, Lily-Grace's cousins talk dead posh and ride horses; she feels awkward, has a go on a pony and falls straight off into the mud. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/9/) — They all laugh, Lily-Grace loudest. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/10/) — Posh or not, cousins are kids too. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/11/) — Some cousins live far away. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/12/) — Every Sunday Mei-Lin in London video calls her cousin in Shanghai; the cousin teaches her Chinese words, and Mei-Lin teaches her slang: «That's peng» (London for really nice). - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/13/) — Oskar moved from Kraków to Dundee, and messages his cousins on WhatsApp in Polish and English, missing the summers they played together. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/14/) — In Dublin, Rian's cousins visit from Australia: «Let's go to the servo for a snag!» Rian: «The what for a what?» (a servo is a petrol station, a snag is a sausage). - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/15/) — Just ask what words mean. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/16/) — In Auckland, Mihi's whānau (Māori for extended family) is huge: at a family gathering there are 60 cousins and she doesn't know half of them. - [18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/18/) — In many cultures big, close families are normal, and the trick is to say hi and ask names. - [19](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/19/) — In Birmingham, Precious's cousins go to each other's parties but never invite her. - [23](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/23/) — Dafydd's mum says, «You're not going round there.» Dafydd is annoyed, then quietly relieved. - [24](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/24/) — Saying no to things that feel wrong is right, even when it's family. - [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/25/) — Cousins are the children of your aunts and uncles. - [26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/26/) — Cousins who grow up near each other can be as close as brothers and sisters. - [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/27/) — An older cousin can be a role model, like a big brother or sister. - [28](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/28/) — Cousins can grow up with very different amounts of money; rich children don't always understand, and having less doesn't make you less. - [29](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/29/) — Cousins abroad can stay close through calls and messages, and each can teach the other words. - [30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/30/) — Shanghai is 8 hours ahead of London in winter, so a London morning is a Shanghai evening. - [31](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/31/) — Cousins in different countries use different slang; asking what a word means is normal. - [32](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/32/) — In many cultures, including Māori, extended families are huge and close; «whānau» means extended family and «kia ora» means hello. - [34](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/510-cousins-like-a-sister-posh-or-far-away/34/) — Some cousins are a bad influence; saying no to something wrong is right, even with family. - ← previous: [The favourite, the black sheep, covering for each other and hand-me-downs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/509-the-favourite-the-black-sheep-covering-and-hand-me-downs/) - next →: [Family parties, aunts and uncles, and the row nobody explains](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/511-family-parties-aunts-and-uncles-and-the-row-nobody-explains/) - ↑ back to [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/)