loong Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 พี่น้อง Pee nong Your Thai friend has 2 elder brothers and 2 younger sisters and you ask the question มีพี่น้องกี่คน mee pee nong gee kon? What is the answer? In a question such as this, does พี่น้อง always refer to brothers and sisters or does it include other family members? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rai! Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 (edited) พี่น้อง Pee nongYour Thai friend has 2 elder brothers and 2 younger sisters and you ask the question มีพี่น้องกี่คน mee pee nong gee kon? What is the answer? In a question such as this, does พี่น้อง always refer to brothers and sisters or does it include other family members? Basically can mean brothers and sisters relatives as well depending on how you say it. Alot of Thais say it very losely including cousins or (ญาติ) พี่น้อง ญาติ ญาติพี่น้อง If you say เป็นพี่น้องกัน than that is implying that they are brothers and sisters (IMO) To say that you have 2 older brothers would be มีพี่ชายสองคน and 2 youngers sisters มีน้องสาวสองคน Hope this is what you are after loong.. cheers ITR Edited January 9, 2007 by In the Rai! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 What I was wondering was , as has 4 brothers and sisters in total would the reply to the question...... มีพี่น้องกี่คน be 4 or would he include himself and answer 5? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rai! Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 What I was wondering was , as has 4 brothers and sisters in total would the reply to the question......มีพี่น้องกี่คน be 4 or would he include himself and answer 5? Sorry loong, I thought that I misunderstood your question.. Yes you do have to include yourself (ต้องนับตัวเองด้วย) I would say (as per your example) มีพี่น้องด้วยกันทั้งหมด 5คน ผมเป็นคนที่ 2 มีพี่ชายสองคนกับมีน้องสาวสองคน Hope that is better.. cheers ITR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steveromagnino Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I would say (as per your example) มีพี่น้องด้วยกันทั้งหมด 5คน ผมเป็นคนที่ 2 มีพี่ชายสองคนกับมีน้องสาวสองคนHope that is better.. cheers ITR actually....มีพี่น้องด้วยกันทั้งหมด 5คน ผมคนที่ 3 มีพี่ชายสองคนและน้องสาวสองคน :-) (I think) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rai! Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 I would say (as per your example) มีพี่น้องด้วยกันทั้งหมด 5คน ผมเป็นคนที่ 2 มีพี่ชายสองคนกับมีน้องสาวสองคนHope that is better.. cheers ITR actually....มีพี่น้องด้วยกันทั้งหมด 5คน ผมคนที่ 3 มีพี่ชายสองคนและน้องสาวสองคน :-) (I think) Hey thanks steve for the correction.... (ผมคนที่ 3 not ผมคนที่ 2) 5-2 =? Math was never my strongest subject. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loong Posted January 9, 2007 Author Share Posted January 9, 2007 Thanks for clearing that up. I'm sure that many people were confused by this as it doesn't make sense if translated literally. Now I'm sure, I do include myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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