Unit 3: Family matters
Questions and answers:
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- Where were you born? I was born in Lezo.
- Who were your parents? What was their job? My parents were Nikolas and Josefa. Nikolas worked as a carpenter and Josefa was a dressmaker.
- How many brothers and sistersdid you have? (names). I had four brothers and sisters, their names were Eusebio, Carmen, Maria and Teresa.
- Where did you live? Did you go to school there? I have lived all my life in Lezo, but nowadays I live in a bigger house of Hondarribi.
- What was your school like? My school was a very small, there were only two classes in each course but they had a big football field to play there in the breaktime.
- Did you go to university? No, I didn't go to university.
- When did you fall in love? Where? I fell in love in Lezo.
- Who was your husband? My husband was Fernando, he was tall and thin.
- When did you get married? I got married a few years after fallen in love in 1951
- How many children did you have? I had four children, their names were Josune, Itziar, Jose Luis, and Gurutze.
- What was your job? I worked as a dressmaker.
- Where did you work? I worked in Errenteria.
- Tell me some good or bad memories of your life. The best moment of my life was when I got married with Fernando and one of the worst moments was when my sister Carmen died, we had a fantastic relationship and every Sundays we had lunch together.
- Who were your parents? What was their job? My parents were Nikolas and Josefa. Nikolas worked as a carpenter and Josefa was a dressmaker.
- How many brothers and sistersdid you have? (names). I had four brothers and sisters, their names were Eusebio, Carmen, Maria and Teresa.
- Where did you live? Did you go to school there? I have lived all my life in Lezo, but nowadays I live in a bigger house of Hondarribi.
- What was your school like? My school was a very small, there were only two classes in each course but they had a big football field to play there in the breaktime.
- Did you go to university? No, I didn't go to university.
- When did you fall in love? Where? I fell in love in Lezo.
- Who was your husband? My husband was Fernando, he was tall and thin.
- When did you get married? I got married a few years after fallen in love in 1951
- How many children did you have? I had four children, their names were Josune, Itziar, Jose Luis, and Gurutze.
- What was your job? I worked as a dressmaker.
- Where did you work? I worked in Errenteria.
- Tell me some good or bad memories of your life. The best moment of my life was when I got married with Fernando and one of the worst moments was when my sister Carmen died, we had a fantastic relationship and every Sundays we had lunch together.
Biography
My grandmother was born on April 25th, 1934 in Lezo.
Her parents were Nikolas and Josefa. Nikolas worked as a carpenter and Josefa was a dressmaker. My grandmother had four brothers and sisters, their names were Eusebio, Camen, Luis and Maria Teresa.
She has lived all her life in Lezo, but nowadays she lives in a bigger house in Hondarribi. She had gone to school in Lezo but then, she decided not to continue studying at university. Her school was very small, there were only two classes in each course but they had a big football field to play there in the breaktime.
She had fallen in love in Lezo in 1951 and a few years later she got married with Fernando. They had four children: Josune, Itziar, Gurutze and Jose Luis.
My grandmother worked also as a dressmaker in Errenteria.
She has told me that the best moment of her life was when she got married with Fernando, she lived the best day of her life. However, one of the worst moments of her life was when her sister Carmen died, they had a fantastic relationship and on Sundays they almost always have lunch together. But in general, she told me that she's lived more happy moments than bad moments.
Her parents were Nikolas and Josefa. Nikolas worked as a carpenter and Josefa was a dressmaker. My grandmother had four brothers and sisters, their names were Eusebio, Camen, Luis and Maria Teresa.
She has lived all her life in Lezo, but nowadays she lives in a bigger house in Hondarribi. She had gone to school in Lezo but then, she decided not to continue studying at university. Her school was very small, there were only two classes in each course but they had a big football field to play there in the breaktime.
She had fallen in love in Lezo in 1951 and a few years later she got married with Fernando. They had four children: Josune, Itziar, Gurutze and Jose Luis.
My grandmother worked also as a dressmaker in Errenteria.
She has told me that the best moment of her life was when she got married with Fernando, she lived the best day of her life. However, one of the worst moments of her life was when her sister Carmen died, they had a fantastic relationship and on Sundays they almost always have lunch together. But in general, she told me that she's lived more happy moments than bad moments.