❶家族, 一家, 家族の者たち
✓POINT
family を1つの集団とみなす時は単数扱あつかいが, 家族の一人一人を考える時は複数扱い.
a large family
a large family
大家族
our family life
our family life
私たちの家庭生活
There are five people in my family.=We are a family of five.
There are five people in my family.=We are a family of five.
うちは5人家族です.
She was an old woman with no family.
She was an old woman with no family.
彼女は家族(夫や子供)のいない年寄りだった.
The Smith family lives next door to us.
The Smith family lives next door to us.
スミス家はうちの隣となりに住んでいる.
There are ten families in this apartment building.
There are ten families in this apartment building.
このアパートには10家族[世帯]住んでいます.
Our family are all early risers.
Our family are all early risers.
私のうちはみんな早起きです.