Talking About Family

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1. 
你屋企有幾多個人㗎？
nei5uk1 kei2jau5gei2 do1go3jan4gaa3?
yourfamilyhavehow manyCLpersonSP
How many people does your family have?
  • We usually omit 嘅 before the noun 屋企 in a possessive construction.
2. 
我屋企有四個人嘅。
ngo5uk1 kei2jau5sei3go3jan4ge3.
myfamilyhavefourCLpersonSP
My family has four people.

We can also directly ask what family members the other person has:

3. 
你屋企有咩人㗎？
nei5uk1 kei2jau5me1jan4gaa3?
yourfamilyhavewhatpersonSP
What people does your family have?
[= What family members do you have?]
4. 
我屋企有我阿爸啦，我阿媽啦，
ngo5uk1 kei2jau5ngo5aa3 baa4laa1,ngo5aa3 maa1laa1,
myfamilyhavemyfatherSPmymotherSP
我兩個阿哥啦，同我。
ngo5loeng5go3aa3 go1laa1,tung4ngo5.
my2CLolder brotherSPandme
My family has my father, my mother, my two older brothers and me.

If we want to know whether the other person has siblings, we can ask:

5. 
你有冇兄弟姊妹㗎？
nei5jau5mou5hing1 dai6 zi2 mui6gaa3?
youhavenot havesiblingSP
Do you have siblings?
6. 
有呀，我有兩個阿哥嘅。
jau5aa3,ngo5jau5loeng5go3aa3 go1ge3.
haveSPIhavetwoCLolder brotherSP
Yes, I have two older brothers.
7. 
冇呀，我冇兄弟姊妹嘅。
mou5aa3,ngo5mou5hing1 dai6 zi2 mui6ge3.
not haveSPInot havesiblingSP
No, I don’t have siblings.