"I love my family."

Translation: 我爱我的家人。

[dixon.c]

What's the difference between jia ren and jia ting?

[Keith_APP]

家人 is one or more members of a family, the people;
家庭 is a collective of all family members, an indivisible unit.
Where we refer to family as a whole we should use
家庭, e.g. 家庭影院 Home theatre

[LazyEinstein]

For all those wondering, the pīnyīn is:
家人 (jiā rén)
家庭 (jiā tíng)

[cvera2142]

Thanks for the clarification!!
家庭 for the whole concept of family and 家人 for specific individuals or groups within the family, copy!

[PhilipeXav]

I think that 家人 is "relatives", like the people themselves, and 家庭 is Family, like the unity... Don't know if I myself clear, but i hope i could help you...

[Alan946894]

2020.5.28 I think Mandarin has the word 親戚 qin1qi for relatives

[ph_1980]

I wondered about that too, I've only seen jia ren in other lessons

[WinstonSmith]

Not clear for me, too.

[Keith_APP]

Some more examples then:

我爱我的 家人 √√/家庭 √√ （I love my family)

他是我的 家人 √√/家庭 XX (He is my family)

我有 家人 XX/家庭 √√ 问题 (I have a family issue)

圣诞节我送礼物给 家人 √√/家庭 XX. (I give presents to my family at Christmas.)

火灾后我送礼物给受影响的 家人 XX/家庭 √√ (I give presents to affected families after the fire.)

[Hannah52849]

Thank you very much that was very helpful!

[LonMonn]

I was wondering the same thing...

[Andrew590503]

Yeah, I'm confused about this, too.

[JordanGold7]

Dont need 的 for close relation

[Keith_APP]

Someone must have taught it as a rule but imho that is not accurate. Personally I would always include 的 in this sentence, though not to the extent that it is indispensable. I also cannot think of any case that not omitting 的 would make a sentence effectively become wrong. At most it would just appear a bit clumsy.

[mishtle]

「我家人」even though it's clumsy, doesn't mean it's worng. And should also me accepted, not only 「我的家人」。

[RavernKio]

My Chinese teacher in high school told me that you don't have to use "的" for when you address your own family. Just "我家“ Is this true or is this more of a Taiwanese thing? Maybe I'm getting the context wrong.

[Keith_APP]

It's true because the number of syllables is also an influencing factor. 我家 is more natural. But saying 我的家 is not wrong unless we are nitpicking.

[A_MYSTIC]

"我爱家人" should be accepted

[QiYing8]

家人 should be more proper 家庭 for the translation for this.

[ymaarrawi]

Why can't I say 我爱我家？

[JPGXxb]

That looks like "I love I home." You want to put 的 for possesive. For family you would want the symbols for "home people."

[JPGXxb]

Keith_APP explained 家庭 and 家人。

[Judith115552]

I got marked wrong for using 我爱我家庭。 Isn't 的 optional?

[ExtremeDabber420]

That's what I originally thought too! But 的 (de) indicates a possession. E.g
我 (I/me) (whereas 我的 (my)
- 我爱你 (I love you)
- 我的家人 (My family)
Same as 你 (you) vs 你的 (your)
and 他 (he) vs 他的 (his)... etc