Word Order ... ?

[dxcarnadi]

Hello

 

In Internet I found these 4 Chinese sentences with their English translations:
I understand the first 3 sentences.
BUT I cannot understand/decipher the last Chinese sentence.
Chinese is redundance-free ... unlike English, German etc.

 

我在姑妈家。
I am in auntie's home.

 

姑妈在我家。
Auntie is in my home.

 

我姑妈在家。
My auntie is at home.

 

我家姑妈在。
My auntie is right here.

Which role does 家 have?
Thank you.

 

[Jessicawanttofindenpartner]

Hi dxcarnadi,

 

I think 家 is a kind statement which means auntie is a near relation.

So it says "My dear auntie is here"

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It's common in China to use terms like brother, sister, aunt and uncle even though that's not the actual relationship: a cousin might become a 弟弟, for example, or there might not be any blood relationship at all. As when parents will tell their kids to greet the foreigner as "uncle."