"かのじょたちはしまいです。"

Translation: They are sisters.

[Grace60147]

Is it possible to slow down the speed of the audio? As a beginner I find it really hard to hear how everything is pronounced since the lady speaks so fast

[kai19154]

No sadly, but if it helps, here's the romaji: Kanojo-tachi wa shimai desu

[Ryu152657]

What is "shimai"?

[KumarAmrit3]

Shimai means sisters

[jcasti1]

That's how i was at first. But I'm starting to pick it up faster. Just keep going.

[JasonH565]

If "they" refers to siblings with a mixed gender, which pronoun can be used? Does it work as in Spanish for example where mixed gender is treated as male?

[TanjaR8]

Yes, you use かれら / かれたち.

[VeranoJoe]

Is there a difference between the meaning of those two? (ら or たち)

[KeithWong9]

ら is generally less polite than たち. No difference in meaning.

[Matthias1414]

Do you have any idea why jisho.org does not recognize the plural form かれたち?

[KeithWong9]

かれたち is less common than かれら.

But actually if I were to say "them," normally I would use the person's name + たち. e.g. 田中さんたち

[BryanLen]

Portuguese too

[KyleThorbu]

Wrote "Those girls are sisters" and got an error. Is 'kanojoutachi' only used for female-they?

[Angelsoft]

Yes only females, however it still means 'they' and not 'those girls'. It's a bit tricky but since there's no gender neutral 'they', it's either kanojou-tachi, or kare-tachi based on the group you're taking about. If it's a mixed group, use kare-tachi.

[nicolaspbr]

Isn't is karera instead of kare-tachi?

[megahbite]

かれら is a more informal form of かれたち.

[KeithWong9]

I have not heard people saying かれたち. かれら is much more common.

[Carlos890478]

彼女達姉妹です。

[john990735]

彼女達は姉妹です。you missed the は.

[GT0NY]

I can't understand why かのじょうたちはきょうだいです isn't right!? The word きょうだい could be used as for brothers and for sisters as well.
Both answers should be right.
It's like a parent. Why could not i say about my mother or father... he or she is my parent. There is no restrictions by gendre.

[Alcedo-Atthis]

There is a word for "brothers", which (thanks to patriarchy) is used as a standard "siblings" for all groupings that include at least one male, and then there's a separate word for "sisters". Since this sentence is only about かのじょたち (mind the short '~jo') only the latter is correct.

[XPK15]

彼女たちは姉妹です。

[AnasBombat]

Can you use かのじょら here instead of かのじょたち?

[Matthias1414]

Yes, you can.

[loumervyntec]

And how do you say "They are my sisters."?

[ToddMitche13]

What would かのじょはしまいです, without tachi be presented as?
Would it be "her sisters"?
Also, if adding "ka" at the end, would that be "Are they her sisters?"