Vietnamese · KNLTV Bậc 1 (A1) · Chapter 6
Gia đình bạn có mấy người?How many people are in your family?
The verb có (to have / there is) and two quantity question words: mấy for small, expected counts, and bao nhiêu for large or unknown ones. Family vocabulary begins: father, mother, child. Tone corner: telling mấy (sắc) apart from mẹ (nặng) — wrong tone, wrong word.
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Gia đình có mấy người?— How Many in the Family?
- NamGia đình bạn có mấy người, Tom?How many people are in your family, Tom?
- TomGia đình tôi có bốn người: bố, mẹ, em và tôi.My family has four people: father, mother, a younger sibling, and me.
- NamBạn có nhiều em không?Do you have many younger siblings?
- TomKhông, tôi có ít em. Tôi có một em.No, I have few siblings. I have one younger sibling.
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Bố mẹ tôi khỏe— My Parents Are Well
- LinhTom, gia đình bạn có nhiều người không?Tom, does your family have many people?
- TomCó. Bố mẹ tôi là khỏe.Yes. My parents are well. (mistake: là before an adjective)
- LinhBố mẹ tôi khỏe — không có "là" trước tính từ."Bố mẹ tôi khỏe" — no "là" before an adjective.
- TomÀ, bố mẹ tôi khỏe. Cảm ơn Linh!Ah, my parents are well. Thanks, Linh!
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- gia đình
nounfamily
- có
verbto have; there is
- mấy
det.how many (small/expected)
- bao nhiêu
det.how many (large/unknown)
- bố
nounfather
- mẹ
nounmother
- con
nounchild
- nhiều
adjectivemany, much
- ít
adjectivefew, little
- cũng
adverbalso, too
- thứ nhất
numeralfirst
Grammar
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có + mấy / bao nhiêu (having & counting)
Explanation
có means "to have" or "there is". To ask a quantity, use mấy when you expect the answer to be a small number (e.g. people in a family), and bao nhiêu when the number could be large or you cannot guess. The question word sits RIGHT BEFORE the counted noun — it does not move to the front as in English: Gia đình bạn có mấy người? ("mấy" directly before "người").
Examples
- Gia đình bạn có mấy người?How many people are in your family?
- Tôi có hai em.I have two younger siblings.
- Bạn có bao nhiêu bạn?How many friends do you have?
Script & tones
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Ôn thanh điệu: mấy / mẹ / mê— Tone Review: mấy / mẹ / mê
Same initial "m", different tone, completely different meaning:
- mấysắc (rising)how many — high and sharply rising
- mẹnặng (heavy)mother — low, short, glottal
- mêngang (level)to be crazy about — flat mid-level
Read, keeping the right tone on each word:
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