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1 How many people are there in your family?
Module4 Unit1 How many people are there in your family?

2 How many people are there in Simba’s family?
Let’s watch a video. Simba’s family How many people are there in Simba’s family?

4 Simba’s family How many people are there in Simba’s family?
There are three people in his family. Who are they? They are Simba’s father, mother and him.

5 How many …are there in this family?
There are…in this family

6 How many …are there in this family?
There are…in this family

7 Label Tony’s family. aunt brother grandmother father mother
sister brother father grandfather uncle parents grandparents

8 uncle uncle aunt sister grandfather grandmother grandmother
Tony’s family

9 2 aunt brother father grandfather grandmother aunt grandparents mother
Listen and check the people Tony mentions. 2 Family: aunt brother father grandfather grandmother grandparents mother parents sister uncle aunt grandfather grandmother grandparents sister uncle

12 Listen and Read

14 Work in pairs: Talk about your family
A: How many people are there in your family? B: There are… A: Have you got any grandparents / brothers / sisters /aunts / uncles? B: Yes, I have got (two uncles) /No, I haven’t got (any uncles)….

15 Speaking: Hi! My name is Xiaowanzi. This is my family. There are six people in my family. This is my(father/mother)…These are my(parents)…

16 My name is Xiaoxin. This is my family
My name is Xiaoxin. This is my family. There are four people in my family. This is my(father/mother)…These are my(parents)…

17 …… people in my family. They are my ……, my ……and me.
Speaking 6 Say something about your family like this : This is my family.There’re …… people in my family. They are my ……, my ……and me. I’ve got …… I haven’t got……. That’s all.Thank you.

18 8 A quiz uncle 1.There’re three people in my family. ( 根据划线词提问 )
How ____ people are there in your family? 2. Tony’s father has got a brother,he is Tony’s _____.(填合适词) many uncle

19 3.Tim is Jim’s younger brother.
Jim __ ___ a younger brother. 4.Jack doesn’t have a sister. Jack ____ ___ a sister. 5. Has Sue got ____ sisters? A. a B. any C. some has got hasn’t got B

20 6.Mr and Mrs King are my _______ and I’m their son.
(多少人) are there in your family? 我有2个姐姐但我没有弟弟。I ______two sisters, but ______ brothers. parents How many people have got I haven’t got any

21 Pronunciation / f / family father four / v / have /θ/ thirty
/ ð / mother brother there Can you give more examples? factory first fifty twelve eleven seven love thirteen thirsty this that

22 Let’s sing a song

23 Homework 课课练M4,U1 抄写M4单词每个三次（一次中文） 写一篇家庭的自我介绍

25 Can you give more examples? Read the words, please.
Pronunciation 7 Listen and repeat. / f / family father four / v / have /θ/ thirty / ð / mother brother there Can you give more examples? factory first fifty twelve eleven seven love thirteen thirsty this that Read the words, please.

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How many people do you have in your family?

‘How many people do you have in your family?’

Is this a general construction you would use?

The answer then being:

‘I have four people in my family, my parents, my sister and me.’

It’s strange to me. I’d say ‘How many people are there in your family?’ If I would actually ask a question like that at all

Since it is a common question in the local L1 they like to ask it in English. I was approached about it as a teacher was going to put it in a test and we started to discuss it. Turns out, this exact example is in the workbook that accompanies the textbook. So, I lean toward the side that this must be some other English, but it could be ‘Japanese English.’

I said that we generally only use ‘have’ when we are in a position of power over the group.

I have 3 kids.
I have 15 people working for me. (I’m the boss)
My company has 120 employees. (It’s my company.)
I have 32 students in my class. (I’m the teacher.)

but if I’m a student for example, I wouldn’t say:
‘I have 32 students in my class.’

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Thanks for the responses.

I think I’ll go back to them with the ‘in my family’ and not being a component of it.

What about :
One student said, «We have 32 students in our class.»

Excellent post that made me double-check my own usage. I use and hear both on a regular basis, but I also work with so many non-native speakers that one can begin to doubt your own language instinct. Mesmark certainly has an excellent point about the implied power dynamics in some situations (work, etc), but I’m not sure it’s a universal principle here. Like many common expressions, a detailed logical analysis will reveal patterns that may not be intended by the speaker or perceived by the listener.

For what it is worth, you inspired me to check what I wrote in my new conversation textbook (Compelling Conversations) in a chapter titled «Describing Family Ties.» Shock, shock.
«1. Do you have a large, medium, or small family? How many people are in your family?» The combination seems likely to provide both perspective and precision.

«Education is an ornament in prosperity and a refuge in adversity.»
Aristotle, 4th Century BCE, Greek philosopher

Interesting. Are you assuming the listener is an adult? One that has a spouse and children?

I assume the adult population is the market you’re looking for, and I only ask, because I teach mostly children-teens. I’d ask ‘Do you come from a big family?’

Folks here in China use that question (How many people do you have. ) all the time, too.

Personally, though, I don’t really say «How many people are there in your family?»

Those seem more natural to me.

Personally, though, I don’t really say «How many people are there in your family?»

I agree. It’s not a question I ask either. It’s probably a cultural thing and as an American, not really something I care about.

I think it might be because Japanese people tend to live with their parents and grandparents.

How many people are in your family?

A student could say:

There are 32 students in my class or there are 32 students in our class.

I think Mesmark has a good point.
Japanese people have, in the past at least, tended to have an extended family living in one house and therefore have a different concept of family.

When Japanese ask «How many people in your family?» They really mean «How many family members live in your house?» Otherwise the answer to that question could take ridiculous proportions, e.g. there are thousands of people in my family depending on how distant you want to go from the family center. And we all live in the human family. The whole world is my family.
In Australia, we don’t ask «How many people in your family?» but «How many brothers and sisters do you have?» We assume you have a mother and father, and then ask what does your mother/father do? or ask for whatever specific information. We also assume you don’t have a grandpa or grandma living with you, so it’s not really part of the question.

Therefore, I think that Japanese and western people have entirely different communicative objectives, but trying to use one sentence structure to satisfy both.

Lesson Five: How many people are there in your family?

Talking about your family in Chinese.

In lesson five we will be talking about our families and members of our families. New grammar introduces counting as well as the verbs have and have not. This lessons are more extensive than everything so far.

Conversation: 你家有几口人?

玛丽: 丽崋，你家有几口人？

mǎlì: lí huá, nĭ jiā yŏu jī kŏu rén?

Mary: Lihua, how many people are there in your family?

丽崋: 四口人。你家呢？

líhuá: sì kǒu rén。 nĭ jiā ne?

Li Hua: There are 4 people in my family. What about yours?

玛丽: 五口人。爸爸，妈妈，姐姐，弟弟和我。

mǎ lì: wǔ kǒu rén。 bà ba， mā ma，jiě jie，dì di hè wǒ。

Mary: There are 5 people in my family. My father, mother, elder sister, younger brother and I.

丽崋：你爸爸做什么工作？

lí huá: nĭ bà ba zuò shénme gōng­ zuò?

Li Hua: What does your father do?

玛丽：他是老师。他在大学工作。

mǎ lì: tā shì lăo shī。tā zài dà xué gōng zuò­.

Mary: He is a teacher. He works in a university.

丽崋：你姐姐工作吗？

lí huá: nĭ jiě jie gōng­ zuò ma?

Li Hua: Does your sister work?

玛丽：工作. 她是职员, 在银行工 作. 她结婚了, 她爱人是大夫, 他们没有孩子.

mǎ lì: gōng zuò。 tā shì zhí yuán zài yín háng gōng zuò。 tā jié hūn le。 tā ài rén shì dài fu tā men méi yŏu hái zi。

Mary: Yes she works. She work as a clerk in the bank. She is married, her husband is a doctor, they don’t have child.

Notes

1. 你家有几口人? = “How many people are there in your family?

2. 你家有谁?­ = Who are there in your family?

The above sentence has the same meaning as 你家有什么人?
nĭ jiā yŏu shén me rén = What people are in your family.

谁 shéi can either be singular (one person) or plural (several persons).

Subsitution and Extension

Make new sentences by substituting the words provided.

3. 他们有孩子吗?

Grammar Points

1. The 有 sentence

2. Prepositional constructions

Exercises

1. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verbs in the brackets.

(听 写 学 习 看 有 叫 是)

2. Complete the dialogues by making questions with 几

This is the end of the fifth lesson. Now would be a good time to review all the previous lessons before continuing on to the next lesson.

17 Comments

Zam
November 30, 2017 @ 4:34 pm

Living in China and Can’t speak Chinese is like a Soldier in a war without a weapon. Very helpful for me, Well appreciated. Thanks

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