On this page, you can learn how to say how many people in your family and who they are in Japanese.
Key Sentence
| English | There are five people in my family: father, mother, older brother, older sister and I. |
| Romaji | ka zo ku wa go ni n de, chi chi to ha ha to a ni to a ne to wa ta shi de su |
| Kana and Kanji | 家族は五人で、父と母と兄と姉と私です。 |
One by one
| Word | Hiragana | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 家族 | かぞく | ka zo ku | family |
| は | wa | no meaning | |
| 五人 | ごにん | go ni n | five people |
| で | de | and | |
| 父 | ちち | chi dhi | my father |
| と | to | and | |
| 母 | はは | ha ha | my mother |
| と | to | and | |
| 兄 | あに | a ni | my older brother |
| と | to | and | |
| 姉 | あね | a ne | my older sister |
| と | to | and | |
| 私 | わたし | wa ta shi | I, myself |
| です | de su | are |
Vocabulary
Grammar
Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- There are four people in my family: father, mother, younger sister and I.
- There are three people in my family: father, younger brother, and I.
Task 2: Change into English.
- 家族は六人で、父と母と兄と姉と弟と私です。
- 家族は五人で、父と母と妹と祖父と私です。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.
- 家族は四人で、父と母と妹と私です。
- 家族は三人で、父と弟と私です。
- There are six people in my family; father, mother, older brother, older sister, younger brother and I.
- There are five people in my family; father, mother, younger sister, grandfather and I.
- There are three people in my family; mother, younger sister and I.
- There are four people in my family; father, mother, younger brother and I.