"我的哥哥是学生。"

Translation: My older brother is a student.

[JustinG01]

Is gege specifically older brother or can it be used for brother in general?

[Matt411871]

Gege哥哥 is used for older brother. Didi弟弟 is used for younger brother.

[Feras..]

I thought u don't have to know this since you're not allowed to have siblings in China

[amylia]

The Chinese language has specific terms for each member of the family. By the way, China's "one-child policy", which formally ended in 2015, is actually a misnomer.

[Shuyang849497]

No, you can still have sibling in China a lot of people do. I think that law was abolished like about 5 years or something ago

[stupedfatidiot]

What if i want to say to my friend "hey bro whats up?" How do i say it

[taibrashee]

I just forget(a)

[GaMic2018]

You don't need 的. Having it makes the sentence more formal.

[ASchaufele]

Is there a difference between an older brother and a yonger brother?

[cagprado]

哥哥 older brother
弟弟 younger brother

[DiamondGirl64]

哥哥 (GeGe) means older brother while 弟弟 (DiDi) means younger brother

[N.Mai]

What would the translation for "My brothers are students" be?

[NovotnyO]

兄弟 xiōngdì is the generic word for brother, older or younger

[deactivated user]

i put 'my older bro is a student' just to test it out and it was wrong lmao

[AlexisJenn7]

If one has an older brother and a younger brother and wants to talk about them in general, as in "my brothers are tall" for example, how do you go about saying that?
If you have two older brothers and are talking about both of them, would you always say "my older brothers" and not just "my brothers"?

[Milosh763575]

我的二个哥哥很高

[stupedfatidiot]

How do i pronounce in chinese "my brother WAS a student???"

[Malko462792]

I would recomend tolerating english grammar mistakes such as "my older brother is student" because many of learners here are not native english speakers

[joannnelin]

the pronunciation of "学生" is a bit off

[Dasani_WB]

People tend to talk faster in real life (especially natives) than on duolingo. The careful duolingo pronunciation might sound like shyeshung, but in a conversation you would probably hear this. Hope i helped!

[narkop___]

Do you need 的?

[braydenpriebe]

Nope! Truthfully, it'd be a little odd to use 的 when referring to your older brother. When it comes to family members, 的 is often omitted. The sentence would be better as this: 我哥哥是学生。

[paulogsampaio]

Thanks

[WenZhong6]

Why is ge wrong

[Jacqueline30642]

What i wrong here?

[EliseLebla3]

Um, did anyone notice that it sounded like, " What a good one ".