"你有哥哥吗？"
Translation:Do you have an older brother?
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Even the twins aren't born at the exact same time. Always one of them is older a few minutes or seconds.
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Chinese are really specific with the family, have words for each individual in the family, 哥哥older brother, 弟弟younger brother, 姐姐older sister, 妹妹younger sister.
Chinese always says what kind of relative. Ge ge means older brother Didi means younger brother Mei mei is younger sister Jie jie means older sister Omniglot has a chart https://www.omniglot.com/language/kinship/chinese.htm
Older brother and younger brother are written differently. 哥哥 is older brother while 弟弟 is younger brother.
Are these two questions asked the same way? Does he have older brothers? Vs Does he have an older brother?
Yes, it is the same question.
You could also ask: "他有一个哥哥吗？", but that would rather mean that someone told you about this one elder brother and your ask this question in disbelief: "He has an older brother?! I had no idea!"
i answered "do you have older brother" and i get an error saying it is "brothers", why? how do i know when it is singular and when it is plural? there is no xie in the sentence.
The singular is correct (see the answer at the top of the page). Your answer was wrong because the singular has to be "do you have AN older brother?". You cannot leave out the indefinite article for the singular, but you can for the plural "do you have older brothers?" If your answer is wrong Duo tries to give a correct version that is close to your answer, so it came up with "do you have older brothers?" I cannot help with the Chinese, but I assume that if Duo suggested the plural form then they are both correct.
