Mexican Spanish for English speakers School · Lesson 6

Asking about family members

Mexican Spanish для siblings — ¿Tienes hermanos y hermanas? (Do you have brothers or sisters?).

Conversation

  1. Lindo Lindo

    ¿Tienes hermanos y hermanas?

    Do you have brothers or sisters?

    Tip: <hermanas> = sisters <hermanos> brothers

  2. Cassian Cassian

    No, no tengo hermanos

    No, I don't have siblings

    Tip: Siblings is said <hermanos> as in brothers, which include both genres

  3. Lindo Lindo

    ¿Tienes un perro o un gato?

    Do you have a dog or a cat?

    Tip: <perro> dog <gato> cat

  4. Cassian Cassian

    No, pero tengo un robot.

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

    Tip: <pero> but

Common questions

Quick answers about this lesson's grammar and vocabulary.

What does hermanos mean?

Two meanings: 'brothers' OR 'siblings' (mixed gender). For specifically sisters: hermanas. Tengo hermanos = 'I have siblings' or 'I have brothers'.

Mexican Spanish для 'I don't have ...'?

No tengo + noun: no tengo hermanos = 'I don't have siblings'. Direct negation.

Mexican Spanish family vocabulary?

Hermano/a, padre/madre, papá/mamá, tío/a, primo/a, abuelo/a, nieto/a, sobrino/a, cuñado/a (in-law).

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