Note: Le gendre /ʒɑ̃dʀ/ is another word for son-in-law.

Slang words for people and pets:

The entire family	toute la smala	/tut la smala/	Sister	la frangine	/fʀɑ̃ʒin/
Grandma	mémé / mamie	/meme/ /mami/	Brother	le frangin	/fʀɑ̃ʒɛ̃/
Grandpa	pépé / papi	/pepe/ /papi/	Son	le fiston	/fistɔ̃/
Children	des gosses	/gɔs/	Aunt	tata / tatie	/tata/ /tati/
Kid	un gamin / une gamine	/gamɛ̃/ /gamin/	Uncle	tonton	/tɔ̃tɔ̃/
Woman	une nana	/nana/	Dog	le cabot / clébard	/kabo/ /klebaʀ/
Man	un mec / type / gars	/mɛk/ /tip/ /gaʀ/	Cat	le minou	/minu/

18. To Know People & Places / connaitre & savoir

connaître-to know people /kɔnɛtʀ/				savoir-to know facts  /savwaʀ/
connais	/kɔnɛ/	connaissons	/kɔnɛsɔ̃/	sais	/sɛ/	savons	/savɔ̃/
connais	/kɔnɛ/	connaissez	/kɔnɛse/	sais	/sɛ/	savez	/save/
connaît	/kɔnɛ/	connaissent	/kɔnɛs/	sait	/sɛ/	savent	/sav/

Connaître is used when you know (are familiar with) people, places, food, movies, books, etc. and savoir is used when you know facts.  When savoir is followed by an infinitive it means to know how. There is another form of savoir commonly used in the expressions que je sache that I know (of) and pas que je sache not that I know (of).

Je connais ton frère.  I know your brother. Je sais que ton frère s'appelle Jean.  I know that your brother is named John. Connaissez-vous Grenoble ?  Do you know (Are you familiar with) Grenoble? / Have you ever been to Grenoble? Oui, nous connaissons Grenoble.  Yes, we know (are familiar with) Grenoble. / Yes, we've been to Grenoble. Tu sais où Grenoble se trouve.  You know where Grenoble is located. Ils savent nager.  They know how to swim.

Connaître can be translated several ways into English: Tu connais le film, Les Enfants ? Have you seen the film, Les Enfants? Tu connais Lyon ? Have you ever been to Lyon? Tu connais la tartiflette ? Have you ever eaten tartiflette?

19. Formation of Plural Nouns / la formation des noms pluriels

To make a noun plural, you usually add an -s (which is not pronounced). But there are some exceptions:		Sing.	Plural
If a noun already ends in an -s, add nothing.	bus(es)	le bus	les bus
If a noun ends in -eu or -eau, add an x.	boat(s)	le bateau	les bateaux
If a masculine noun ends in -al or -ail, change it to -aux.	horse(s)	le cheval	les chevaux
Some nouns ending in -ou add an -x instead of -s.	knee(s)	le genou	les genoux

Exceptions: festival, carnaval, bal, pneu, bleu, landau, détail, chandail all add -s. There are only seven nouns ending in -ou that add -x instead of -s: bijou, caillou, chou, genou, pou, joujou, hibou. There are, of course, some irregular exceptions:  un œil (eye) - des yeux (eyes); le ciel (sky) - les cieux (skies); and un jeune homme (a young man) - des jeunes gens (young men).

Notice that the only time the pronunciation will change in the plural form is for masculine nouns that change -al or -ail to -aux and for the irregular forms. All other nouns are pronounced the same in the singular and the plural - it is only the article that changes pronunciation (le, la, l' to les).