day 6my family
unit 1 · hello & memy family
Talk about your family: who is in it, how many, how old.
today’s words
- 家 jiā · home; family
- 爸爸 bàba · dad
- 媽媽 māma · mum
- 哥哥 gēge · older brother
- 弟弟 dìdi · younger brother
- 姊姊 jiějie · older sister
- 妹妹 mèimei · younger sister
- 有 yǒu · have; there is, there are
- 沒有 méiyǒu · not have; there isn’t
- 沒 méi · not (have)
- 歲 suì · years old
- 多少 duōshǎo · how many, how much
- 和 hé · and (between nouns)
sentences
- 你家有幾個人？ · How many people are in your family?
- 我家有五個人：爸爸、媽媽、哥哥、妹妹和我。 · There are five of us: Dad, Mum, my brother, my sister and me.
- 我沒有哥哥，我有一個妹妹。 · I don’t have an older brother. I have a younger sister.
- 你有沒有姊姊？ · Do you have an older sister?
- 我妹妹九歲。 · My younger sister is nine.