Describe your family: how many people and what each one does.

Words: bố or ba father, mẹ or má mother, anh trai older brother, chị gái older sister, em younger sibling.

Watch out: Vietnamese has no single word for brother or sister. You must state whether they are older or younger than you. There is no way to avoid this — the age relation is built into the word.

Counting people: «Gia đình tôi có bốn người.»