On this page, you can learn how to say how many siblings you have in Japanese.
Key Sentence
| English | I have two older brothers. |
| Romaji | wa ta shi ni wa a ni fu ta ri ga i ma su |
| Kana and Kanji | 私には兄二人がいます。 |
One by one
| Word | Hiragana | Romaji | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 私 | わたし | wa ta shi | I |
| には | ni wa | no meaning | |
| 兄 | あに | a ni | my older brother |
| 二人 | ふたり | fu ta ri | two people |
| が | ga | no meaning | |
| います | i ma su | there is |
Vocabulary
Grammar
Note 1: one sibling
You don’t need a counter when you talk about one brother, one sister etc.
Example
My father has a younger brother.
父には兄がいます。
Note 2: don’t have
Change います into いません to say ‘don’t (doesn’t) have’.
Example
My father doesn’t have a younger brother.
父には兄がいません。
Review
Task 1: Change into Japanese.
- My mother has a younger sister and an older brother.
- I don’t have an older sister.
Task 2: Change into English.
- 私には妹がいます。
- 父には弟三人がいます。
Task 3: Listen to answer what you hear in English.
- 母には妹と兄がいます。
- 私には姉がいません。
- I have a younger sister.
- My father has three younger brothers.
- My mother has a younger brother.
- I have two younger sisters.