How to Talk About Your Parents and Siblings - Examples and Variations

Master how to talk about your parents and siblings with the key pattern

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Let's look at some more examples.

Listen and repeat or speak along with the native speakers.

这是我的爸爸、妈妈、妹妹和我。(Zhè shì wǒ de bàba, māma, mèimei hé wǒ.)

这是我的爸爸、妈妈、妹妹和我。( Zhè shì wǒ de bàba, māma, mèimei hé wǒ.)

这是我的爸爸、妈妈、哥哥和我。(Zhè shì wǒ de bàba, māma, gēge hé wǒ.)

这是我的爸爸、妈妈、姐姐和我。 (Zhè shì wǒ de bàba, māma, jiějie hé wǒ.)

这是我的爸爸、妈妈、姐姐、弟弟和我。(Zhè shì wǒ de bàba, māma, jiějie, dìdi hé wǒ.)

这是我的爸爸、妈妈还有我。(Zhè shì wǒ de bàba, māma háiyǒu wǒ.)

Did you notice how I used a slightly different pattern?

这是我的爸爸、妈妈还有我。(Zhè shì wǒ de bàba, māma háiyǒu wǒ.)

This is my father, mother, and also me.

I used 还有 (háiyǒu) instead of 和 (hé).

还有 "and also" 还有. 还有。

The pattern is:

{family member} 还有(háiyǒu) 我 (wǒ)。

{family member} and also me.

You should be aware of this pattern, but for this lesson, we use the pattern:

{family member} 和 (hé) 我 (wǒ)。

{family member} and me.

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