家族構成について話してみよう

Talking about your family
自分の家族を説明してみましょう。
日本では家族構成について深く話す文化はあまりないかもしれません。しかし海外では、自己紹介をするときに家族構成について話すことはよくあります。
Please tell me about your family.
 
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Please tell me about your family.

There're 5 people in my family. My parents have already retired from ther work. My older brother works at financial company who is four years oldes than me. My twin sister is still student who studies medical industry.

自然な表現

There are 5 people in my family. My parents have already retired from their work. My older brother, who's four years older than me, works at a financial company. My twin sister is still a student studying the medical industry.

1. Correct spelling.
2. This is an improved word order for sentence conciseness. You can also say 'who's four years my senior'
3. You are referring to an unknown financial company (to the reader or listener) so remember to make use of this indefinite article.
4. You are referring to an unknown student (to the reader or listener) so remember to make use of this indefinite article
5. For improved sentence flow make use of this word order.
Oh wow! What a coincidence. There are also five people in my family. I am the middle child. My parents are also retired. How often do you get to see your family? Do you have any family traditions?

I'm sorry, I told a lie. My parents have already gotten divorced roughly five years ago. However their relationship isn't so bad. As my family traditions, we had cake when my family's birthday.

自然な表現

I'm sorry, I told a lie. My parents    divorced roughly five years ago. However, their relationship isn't so bad. One of our family traditions is we always have cake for each family member's birthday.

1. You are referring to something that already happened in the past, you could simply use the past simple tense to avoid being overly wordy here. 'My parents divorced roughly five years ago' sounds way better.
2. Add a missing comma after this adverb.
3. This is a more cohesive and easy to follow answer to the question you've been asked.
I am sorry to hear that. Please, tell me about yourself. What do you do for a living? Do you stay in the same prefecture as the rest of your family?

My father lives in Chiba prefecture which is west of Tokyo. My mom and my brother live in Tokyo. My place is Kanagawa prefecture which is south of Tokyo.

自然な表現

My father lives in Chiba prefecture which is west of Tokyo. My mom and my brother live in Tokyo. My place is Kanagawa prefecture which is south of Tokyo.

Excellent work, these are simpy alternative phrases you can use here;
1. 'resides'
2. 'I'm based in'
It sounds like you have a close relationship with your family, even if they live in different places. Is there a reason you all chose to live separately?

There are some reasons. Our brothers why live separately are associated with workplace. We want to live close to workplace.

自然な表現

There are some reasons. We live separately because of our respective workplaces. We want to live close to our respective workplaces.

1. The question asked about your family as a whole unit, so make use of 'we' instead of just 'brothers'
2. This is a more cohesive, easy-to-follow answer to the question you've been asked.
3. Rephrase this section for improved sentence flow.
That makes a lot of sense about living near work! It's interesting how everyone ends up in different places. Do you find living in Kanagawa offers a good balance between city life and nature?

Yes. As you know, Tokyo is capital city,so always crowded.Unlike Tokyo, Kanagawa is a good balance between city life and nature. Especially, beautiful nature is my favorite. Additionally, historical buildings are also there.

自然な表現

Yes. As you know, Tokyo is the capital city, so it's always crowded. Unlike Tokyo, Kanagawa is a good balance between city life and nature. Especially, beautiful nature is my favorite. Additionally, historical buildings are also there.

1. You are referring to a known capital city, so make use of this definite article.
2. Add this missing contraction to clarify the nature of the city here.

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関連単語

  • an only child（一人っ子）
  • strict（[性格が]厳しい）
  • gentle（[性格が]優しい）
  • grandmother（おばあちゃん）
  • grandfather（おじいちゃん）
  • aunt（叔母さん）
  • uncle（叔父さん）
  • cousin（いとこ）
  • an apartment（マンション/アパート）
  • younger [sister/brother]（妹/弟）
  • older [sister/brother]（姉/兄）

関連フレーズ

  • My[father/mother..] works at~.（私の[ ]は~で働いています。）
  • My[father/mother...] is~.（私の[ ]は~です。）
  • My family lives in~.（私の家族は~に住んでいます。）
  • My family members include my father, mother, younger sister and me.（私の家族は父と母と妹と私です。）
  • I am an only child.（私は一人っ子です。）

こんな方にオススメ

  • 日常
  • 初級
  • 自己紹介
  • 家族/友人