家庭成员复数时是families吗（Properuseof）

家庭成员复数时是families吗（Properuseof）也就说，我们可以换成这样表达“Do you have any siblings in your family?” 或者“How many siblings do you have ?”在中学的时候，我们就学习过关于兄弟姐妹的英语单词，比如，Sister Brother. In middle school we learned English words about brothers and sisters such as重点来了，给大家介绍另外一个单词来替代brothers and sisters，这个词其实很常见“siblings”. Introduce another word to express brothers and sisters this word is "siblings".

学习如何询问家庭成员，是了解一个人的好方法 Learning how to inquire about the family is a great way to get to know people.

即使你想简单聊几句，在很多交流过程中，这类问题总会经常出现。 Even if you just want to learn to make small talk these kinds of questions will come up in most conversations.

询问的别人的方式是很重要，It's important to remember that rules for addressing people 所以要学习合适的方式法以避免你无意地冒犯.so learning the proper rules will help prevent you from being unintentionally rude.

下面就介绍几种给大家，Below are some common questions in English

在中学的时候，我们就学习过关于兄弟姐妹的英语单词，比如，Sister Brother. In middle school we learned English words about brothers and sisters such as

在实际英语交流时候，当想问对方是否有兄弟姐妹的时候，英语如何表达呢？“Do you have any sisters or brothers in your family?” 这种表达对吗？当然可以。“how many brothers and sisters do you have?” 这种当然也正确.

重点来了，给大家介绍另外一个单词来替代brothers and sisters，这个词其实很常见“siblings”. Introduce another word to express brothers and sisters this word is "siblings".

也就说，我们可以换成这样表达“Do you have any siblings in your family?” 或者“How many siblings do you have ?”

是不是这样能简单点些？is this a little bit easier?

回答的时候也比较简单，比如“I have two siblings that is one brother and one sister”. 注意这里回答的时候，siblings一般不算上自己，“We are three siblings that is me my brother and my sister” 这样回答就显得怪怪.It sounds a bit awkward to me. 但，正常一般这样表达，it would be more common to say "There are three children in our family. I have an older brother and a younger sister."

其实，我还想说现在“sibling这个词很常见，至少在美国是这样的，尤其对于年轻人，是很常用单词. Also I do want to reiterate that nowadays at least in the US among younger people "sibling" is a perfectly common word.

再进一步，如何问别人在兄弟姐妹间排行老几？我能想到的应该有这几种，

• 1）如果对方回答有一个sibling，那么可以这样说“Are you the older child？”
• 2）如果对方说超过一个siblings，就问“Are you the oldest child?”
• 3）但如果你前面的问题是“Do you have any siblings?” 那么对方回答只是“yes”或者“no”. 你可以接着问“What is your birth order?” 或者 “Which place are you among your siblings? 这样也是可以的“Which is your position by birth among all your siblings?”，其实还有好多类似问法“where do you fit in the order of birth ?” “What is the filial order of yourself?”.

紧接着，如何回答你排行老几呢？有如下几种回答：

“My filial order in my family is 3 I have two sisters who are elder to me and a younger brother”.可能的答案还有 "I am third one" "I am the oldest" "I am the youngest" ”I am the middle one.” etc...

好了，关于Sibling 这个词就介绍完了，感谢大家的时间，please write your comments if you have any questions about this topic.