
Asking about someones family: Asking if someone has brothers or sisters
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Key Phrases
Preguntar cómo está alguien y responder
Asking how someone is doing and responding
Hablar sobre hermanos (tener un hermano/hermana o ser hijo único)
Talking about siblings (having a brother/sister or being an only child)
Describir diferencias de edad entre hermanos
Describing age differences between siblings
Skills You'll Learn
Greeting someone and exchanging pleasantries in Spanish
Saludar a alguien e intercambiar cortesías en español
Asking and answering questions about family members
Preguntar y responder sobre miembros de la familia
Using comparative adjectives (older/younger) and saying goodbye
Usar adjetivos comparativos (mayor/pequeño) y despedirse
Lesson Roleplay
Imagine you bump into your friend Lucía on the street in Spain. You stop for a quick chat and get curious about her family. Ask her if she has any brothers or sisters, find out whether they're older or younger, and then tell her a little about your own family before you say goodbye and head off.
¡Hola, Lucía! ¿Qué tal?
Hi, Lucía! How's it going?
¡Hola, Emily ! Muy bien, ¿y tú?
Hi, Emily! Very well, and you?
Bien, gracias. Oye, ¿tienes hermanos?
Good, thanks. Hey, do you have any brothers or sisters?
Sí, tengo un hermano y una hermana.
Yes, I have a brother and a sister.
¡Qué bien! ¿Son mayores o pequeños?
How nice! Are they older or younger?
Lesson Vocabulary & Phrases
¿Qué tal?
keh tahl
How's it going?
🇪🇸 A casual greeting between people who already know each other a bit. It's usually answered briefly, not with a real update on your life.
See breakdown →Muy bien
mooy bee-EHN
Very well
Muy bien, ¿y tú?
mooy bee-EHN ee too
Really good, and you?
💬 tú is the informal 'you'. With someone you'd address formally, swap to ¿y usted?.
See breakdown →Bien, gracias.
bee-EHN GRAH-syahs
Good, thanks.
Oye
OH-yeh
Hey
🇪🇸 In Spain oye is a friendly way to grab attention or change topic mid-chat, not rude. It's very common between neighbours and acquaintances.
See breakdown →¿Tienes hermanos?
tee-eh-nehs er-MAH-nohs
Do you have any brothers or sisters?
💬 hermanos covers brothers and sisters together, so you don't need to ask about each separately. The same thing happens with hijos "children" and padres "parents".
See breakdown →Tengo un hermano
TEN-go oon ehr-MAH-noh
I have a brother
Una hermana
OO-nah ehr-MAH-nah
A sister
💬 The h in hermana is silent: (air-MAH-nah). It's never pronounced in Spanish, as in hola and hijo.
See breakdown →Sí, tengo un hermano y una hermana.
see TEN-go oon ehr-MAH-noh ee OO-nah ehr-MAH-nah
Yes, I have a brother and a sister.
💬 No word for "any" or "a" is needed in the question, but you do add un or una when answering about one sibling. Swap in dos hermanas "two sisters" for more.
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