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- "Wir haben Familien."
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Impossible to hear Familien. It sounds as Familie. That is the case in the majority of sentences of the male speaker. They are difficult to catch. But May be we should learn to understand all kinds of speech.
378
"relatives" translates to "Verwandte" in German. "a relative" = "ein Verwandter"; "the relative" = "Der Verwandte".
"Familie" is only the close family: parents, brothers, sisters
"Verwandte" are all relatives, cousins, great-grandmothers, the emigrated great uncle and so on.
"Verwandtschaft" = "kinship"
378
The conjugation of the verb has to agree with the subject of the sentence (and the time). The subject is "We" / "Wir".
-> "Wir haben..."
It's just like in English: You say "He has a dog." as well as "He has many dogs."
It simply doesn't matter if the object is singular or plural.
392
I think it can be used when two people is having an affair, but one of them tell the other "we have families".
378
Wow, that's not the least bit sinister I thought it was.
I thought that two or more were begging for their lives by saying that they had responsibilities (families to care for).