Staying with relatives with 〜先

真琴(まこと):

「こっちの二人(ふたり)は居候(いそうろう)先(さき)の親戚(しんせき)で千夏(ちなつ)ちゃんと圭くん(けい)くんです」

千夏(ちなつ):

「こんにちはっ！」

圭くん(けい):

「どうも」

杏子(あんず):

「椎名(しいな)杏子(あんず)です　よろしく」

Key Points

1. 居候(いそうろう)先(さき) = “the place where someone is staying”

   • 〜先(さき) marks the place where something is done, so 居候(いそうろう)先(さき) means the home or household where someone is lodging

   • 居候(いそうろう) adds the nuance of staying at someone else’s place and depending on their hospitality, not just staying there neutrally

2. 居候(いそうろう)先(さき)の親戚(しんせき) = “the relatives I’m staying with”

   • The の links 居候(いそうろう)先(さき) to 親戚(しんせき), literally: the relatives of the place/household where I’m lodging

   • In natural English, that becomes the relatives I’m staying with rather than a stiff literal phrasing like the relatives of my lodging place

3. Casual pointing word: こっち

   • こっち literally means this way / this side, but in conversation it often works like these two here when introducing nearby people