Speaking English - Talking about Family

Hello there! My name is Ronnie.

大家好，我的名字是Ronnie。

And I'm going to teach you today about vocabulary we use in English to talk about

今天，我将教大家我们在用英语谈论家庭时会用到的词汇。

Your Family!

Some people have very very big families

有些人的家庭成员很多很多

or other people have very small families.

而有些人的却很少

How big is your family?

你家有多少人呢？

People might ask you that question.

人们或许会问你这个问题。

And I'll teach you

我将教你

how to respond to it.

如何回答。

For example, if someone ask me "How many people are in your family?"

例如，有人问我“你家有几口人？”

My answer would be four.

我的答案是4

So I can say

所以我可以说

I have...

我家有

...four...

4个

...people...

人

...in...

...my family...

Now!

目前！

In English when we talk about people in our family,

在英语中，当我们谈论家里的成员时

we mean the people that live in the same house.

我们指住在同一房子里的人

I do not include

我的家庭不包括

my grandmother, my grand father,

我的奶奶，爷爷，

my great grandmother,

曾祖母，

all my cousins, my aunts and my uncles.

我所有的堂表兄弟姐妹，阿姨婶婶，叔叔伯伯们。

And someone asks you how many people are in your family,

当有人问你 你家有多少人时

they mean how many people live with you.

他们的意思是有多少人跟你住在一起

They could ... would take you if you have 50 cousins

如果你有50个堂兄弟姐妹

"I have nine hundred people in my family."

“我家有九百人。”

wow!

哇！

So, you're gonna limit to the people who live with you.

所以，你只需说那些跟你住在一起的人。

Most families...

大部分家庭

...have...

有

four, five, six, seven...

4,5,6,7...

there is no regular number of people that a family have. It depends on you.

家庭成员的数量是不固定的。这个取决于你。

I have...

four people in my family.

我家有

4个人。

You always include yourself.

通常包括你自己。

So...

I have a mother.

所以

我有一个妈妈。

Only one.

仅此一个。

I have...

我有

a father.

一个爸爸。

And I also have one brother.

我还有一个弟弟。

The pronunciation of these three words are all the same.

这三个词的发音是相同的。

Ending, not begining.

我说的是词的结尾的发音，不是开头的。

the first one is mother.

第一个次是“妈妈”这个词

Then we have father

然后是“爸爸”

and brother.

还有“兄弟”这个词。

I'll just the pronunciation of these in red for you.

我将把这些发音用红色笔写出来。

So these are all b... sound like "thur" So this is "ma-thur"

所以，所有这些th 听起来都像“thur”,所以这个是“ma-thur”

fa-thur

"fa-thur"

and "ba-thur"

"ba-thur"

So you thinking to yourself

所以你自己想

Ronnie,

Ronnie,

I know you are bad in math

我知道你的数学很糟糕

But I only see there people.

但我只看到了3个人

on the board

再这个白板上

Don't forget about me!

不要忘了还有我

You must include yourself when you are talking about your family because you're part of it.

当你谈论家庭成员时，你必须将你自己包括在内，因为你是家庭的一部分

So as you can see I have a mother, father and one brother.

所以，正如你看到的，我有一个妈妈，一个爸爸，还有一个弟弟。

That equals four.

等于是4个人.

If you have bigger family, maybe you have two...

如果你的家庭大一些，或许你会有两个

...brothers.

兄弟

Or...

或者

if you have a sister or sisters.

如果你有一个或者多个姐妹

We need to be careful...

我们需要注意

with our countable nouns.

我们用的可数名词

If you have only one, you're gonna say "I have one sister"

如果你只有一个姐妹，你要用单数形式

"I have...

我有

...one sister."

一个姐妹

If you have more that one sister, let's say you have five sisters

如果你的姐妹多过一个，我们要说我有五个姐妹，用复数形式

You must put an "s"

结尾一定要加‘s'

So one changes to five.

所以一个变成五个

I must say "I have five sisters"

我必须讲五个姐妹，注意要用复数形式

The pronunciation for sisters,

复数结尾的发音

as you can probably type by the spelling, is different.

和拼写给你的感觉是不同的

pronunciation is "sis...

我们读的时候发音应该

...ter"

sister would be singular.

单数的时候

是sister

and plural...

复数的情况是sister z

We actually don't put an "s" sound on it, we put a "z" sound.

我们实际上结尾的音是z， 而不是s

So, I would say "sisterz"

所以，我得说‘sisterz‘’

A lot of words in English

英语中很多单词

used a "z" sound at the end,

复数形式用‘z' 音结尾

rather than a "s" sound.

而不是像拼写的‘s’

But that's a whole other lesson.

要讲清楚这个，要单开一堂课了，（只是提一下）

So, we say "I have one sister"

所以，我说我有一个姐妹，原本的发音

or "...five sisters"

或者五个姐妹，结尾是‘s’音

It's a same pronunciation with brother.

这也同样适用brother的发音

If you have more than one brother, you're going to say "I have two 'brotherz'"

如果我有多过一个兄弟，你得说我有两个兄弟，结尾是‘z’音

It's gonna sound like...

声音就好像

"ba-thuz"

‘ba-thuz"

Okay?

明白了吗？

This is my immediate family.

这是我的直系亲属（通常包括，父母、配偶，子女以及兄弟姐妹）

If you have more people living with you in your house,

如果在你所住的房子里，有更多人与你生活在一起

maybe you have some grandmother or grandfathers

也许你有一个或者多个祖父母或者外祖父母

I will teach you all about of those.

我将教你关于这些的全部

But one thing I have to tell you that very important in English is

但是，我必须告诉你有一点在英语中很重要

when we normally talk about our family

一般我们在谈论我们家庭的时候

I wouldn't usually say mother.

我通常不会说 ‘mother’

I would say...

我会说

Does anyone know what we say in English if we were talking casually about our mother?

有谁知道平时聊天说我们的母亲应该怎么称呼吗？

I would never say "mommy"

我也永远不会讲‘mommy’

Mommy is only if you are a child.

说‘mommy’，仅仅是你是小孩的时候

Okay?

明白？

So, if you are under the age of five...

所以，如果你五岁以下

mommy is perfect.

讲‘mommy’就非常合适

But the older you get, you need to change mommy to...

但是你长大了，你就要从‘mommy’的称呼变去

...mom.

mom

So, I now would say "I have a mom."

所以，现在我得说‘I have a mom’

And if I were you, I would use as mom.

我是你的话，我也会用‘mom’

The father... we never say "I have a father"

父亲的情况，我们永远不会讲‘I have a father’

It's very very strange when you speak casually.

平常聊天你这么说会非常非常奇怪

Does anyone know the word for father?

那谁知道父亲（平常聊天时候）怎么称呼？

We also have this word... we say...

我们也有这个（合适）的词，我们讲

...dad.

dad

So choose so you can sound more natural when you speak about your family

所以当你说起你家人的时候，选择听起来自然的词

You're gonna say "I have a mom and a dad...

你要说‘I have a mom and a dad’

...two brothers, one sister."

two brothers, one sister

There are some other very important people in your family we need to talk about.

还有一些在你家中非常重要的人我们需要提及

They are

他们

maybe a little bit older than you, I hope they would be.

也许他们的年纪大你很多，我猜他们

Older than your mother, and older than your father.

大过你们的母亲，大过你们的父亲

Does anyone know the name of your...

有谁知道这个称呼吗？

...mothers mom,

就是母亲的母亲叫什么

or your fathers dad?

或者是父亲的父亲

In English we say...

英语中，我们讲

grandmother and grandfather.

grandmother和grandfather

So...

所以

your mothers mother is your grandmother,

你母亲的母亲称为grandmother

and your fathers dad...

父亲的父亲称为

...is your...

称作你的

grandfather.

grandfather

But, again...

但得再提一下

in English we don't like the words are they very long and very formal.

我们讲英文，（平常聊天）我们不喜欢讲那些过长或者过于正式的词

So we actually have a short form for both grandmother...

所以事实上grandfather和grandmother两个都有

...and grandfather.

简短的形式

This would vary by what they would like to call them.

根据他们喜欢我们怎样称呼他们，是不同的

But most people generally call their grandmother...

但大多数人通常会称他们的祖母或者外祖母

grandma.

grandma

And once again, this is not the right spelling.

我再提一下，这不是正确的拼写

People do spell it right this.

平常大家就是这么拼

But, this is how we pronounce it.

但是这显示了我们怎么去发音的

"gramma"

‘gramma’

But you also have...

我们还有

grandpa.

grandpa

Except we don't even say the "d"

和（grandma）不同，这里边甚至没有‘d’的发音

when we say it.

当我们讲这个词的时候

We say...

我们讲

"granpa"

granpa

So you actually beating the "d"

实际上我们跳过了‘d’音

and you say "granpa"

我们说‘granpa’

or...

或者

"gramma"

gramma

You probably have...

你也许有

or had...

或者曾经有

two grandmothers and two grandfathers.

两个祖母或者外祖母以及两个祖父或者外祖父

Maybe some of them have died.

可能他们其中有人去世了

But that's OK. You can still your first ... as grandma and grandpa.

但没太大影响，你还是可以称他们为grandma和grandpa

So, I hope you and your family enjoy this video.

我希望你还有你的家人能喜欢这个视频

and we'll see you again too.

期待不久后我们再相见

Bye!

再见