How many brothers and sisters do you have? in Korean 🇰🇷

Sentence info.

The sentence “형제자매가 몇 명 있어요?” is built by combining a subject, a quantitative phrase, and a verb that indicates existence. Here’s how it breaks down:

• “형제자매” (romanized: hyeongjejam-ae) means “brothers and sisters” (i.e., siblings).
• The particle “가” marks “형제자매” as the subject of the sentence.
• “몇” (myeot) translates to “how many.”
• “명” (myeong) is the counter for people, used here because we’re counting siblings.
• “있어요?” (isseoyo?) comes from the verb 있다, which in this context functions like “to have” or “to exist.”

In forming similar questions, remember that the subject (what you are asking about) comes first followed by its particle, then “몇” plus the appropriate counter, and finally the verb. This structure works for many Korean questions about quantity.

Alternate ways to ask “How many brothers and sisters do you have?” include:
• “남매가 몇 명 있어요?” (nammaega myeot myeong isseoyo?) – using “남매,” which also means siblings.
• “형제와 자매가 몇 명 있어요?” (hyeongje-wa jamae-ga myeot myeong isseoyo?) – explicitly listing “형제” (brothers) and “자매” (sisters) with the conjunction “와” (wa) meaning “and.”

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