Like English, Kardii has relatively few kinship terms. Generation is generally more important than age. Family members of a successive generation are addressed by their name, those of a previous generation are not. For the same generation, it’s a matter of personal preference.
The words ‘nicha’ and ‘anich’ (literally ‘previous’ and ‘next’) mean ‘older’ and ‘younger’ when attached to kinship words:
‘-chen’
The suffix ‘-chen’ literally means ‘dear’:
It is common in Kardii to use ‘-chen’ after a kinship word when addressing that family member:
Any word suffixed with ‘-chen’ is treated as a proper noun, ie, it does not use ‘vin’ to form the possessive:
The words ‘tychen’ and ‘kachen’ come with ‘-chen’ built into them. ‘Tychen’ can mean ‘mother’, ‘grandmother’ or any adult female relative. ‘Kachen’ is ‘father’, ‘grandfather’, etc. These words are used only by very young children.
Kinship Terms
| Word | Masculine | Feminine | Meaning |
| rida | kalay | j’tywi | parent, mother father |
| ridari | kalayka | j’tyj’ty | grandparent, grandmother, grandfather |
| rrylena | rrylenu | rrylenee | eldest member of a generation |
| velama | velamu | velamee | non-eldest of a generation |
| kaara | haara | naara | sibling, brother, sister |
| kyri | hyri | nyri | child, son, daughter |
| kaysa | kaysu | kaysee | child, son, daughter |
| kiptoia | hyptoia/kiptoiu | nyptoia/kiptoiee | cousin, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew |
| erolen | erolenu | erolenee | uncle, aunt, cousin of a previous generation |
| ven | venu | venee | cousin (of the same generation) |
| sdel | sdelu | sdelee | niece, nephew, cousin of a successive generation |