French for English speakers School · Lesson 5

Asking about family members

Family in French — Avez-vous des frères et sœurs ? (Do you have brothers and sisters?) — with negation Non, je n'en ai pas (no, I don't).

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Lindo

Avez-vous des frères et sœurs ?

Do you have brothers or sisters?

Tip: You can also create questions by inverting the verb and pronoun.
Cassian

Non, je n’en ai pas.

No, I don't have siblings.

Tip: <en> = this indicates "any".
Lindo

Avez-vous un chien ?

Do you have a dog or a cat?
Cassian

Non, je n'en ai pas, mais j'ai un robot.

No, I don't. But I have a robot.

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

How do you say siblings in French?

Des frères et sœurs (brothers and sisters). Frères can mean 'brothers' or 'siblings' depending on context.

What does je n'en ai pas mean?

'I don't have any (of them)'. En replaces de + noun. Tu as des chats? Non, je n'en ai pas = 'no, I don't have any'.

French family vocabulary?

Frère/sœur (brother/sister), parents, oncle/tante (uncle/aunt), cousin/cousine, grand-père/grand-mère (grandparents), neveu/nièce (nephew/niece).