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Ask for help > Help with a word!!!!!!!
Help with a word!!!!!!!
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Jessisun
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Help with a word!!!!!!!
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Hi!!! I have a doubt!!! Yesterday I was teaching vocabulary related to � Love and Relationships � to my adult class when we were discussing about the word � partner � that sometimes can be used to refer to a homosexual �partner �. One of my students told me that she isn �t married but she has lived with a man for more than fifteen years. She told me how can she refer to �her partner � without calling him �husband � as they are not married . Are there some words to be used apart from the word � partner �???? I �m ready to listen to your suggestions!!! |
6 May 2014
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Emily1988
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I would explain that �partner � is probably the best word to use. It can be used for people in any kind of relationship. I have lived with my boyfriend for 4 years now (I �m a girl) - we are not married and I refer to him either as my boyfriend, or my partner. I suppose there are words like �companion � that she could use, but the context isn �t really correct. �Partner � is fine!
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6 May 2014
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Sharwong
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In Canada we would say "common-law partner" which could refer to same or opposite sex.
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6 May 2014
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joy2bill
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The best word to use, married or not, is " partner". Officially it can be referred to as " de facto partner"
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7 May 2014
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edrodmedina
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I �ve heard the term "significant other" used to describe someone in a relationship like the one described above. Ed |
7 May 2014
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