剑桥五级KET/PET口语地道表达：Do you have a family?

"Do you have a family?

"family我们知道是"家, 家庭",

难道他在问: “你有家吗?”

然后傻乎乎的回答：

Yes I do, there are five people in my family. 是的，我有家，我家有5口人。

这时候恐怕老外会觉得很尴尬吧!

其实正确的理解应该是：

Do you have a family?

你成家了吗?有孩子吗?

For native speakers the family has always been the extended family. That probably came because they had lots of contact many of my relations when I was very young.

对于以英语为母语的人来说，这里的family被认为是你自己组建的新家庭。这可能是常规的family多是在我们的小时候与我们的联系更多。

They wouldn't ask "Do you have a family?" if I were referring to parents or other extended family, unless I were a foster child or something.

如果真的想问对方的父母或亲戚时，是不会用“Do you have a family?”来问的，除非背景是你在和一个收养的孩子聊天。

更常见的情况就是直接具体的问：

"Do you have parents nearby?"

你的父母在你身边吗?

"Do you have brothers and sisters?"

你有兄弟姐妹吗?

"Do you have a family?" 的隐含义其实是"Do you have a spouse/partner and children?"(你有伴侣或者孩子吗?你组建你自己的家庭了吗?)

如果你结婚了,你就回答：

Yes，I'm married. 嗯，我结婚了;如果你没有结婚, 你就回答：

NO. I'm single. 我单身。

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