"I love my family."

Translation: 我爱我的家庭。

[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...

[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.

[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.

[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」。

[A_MYSTIC]

"我爱家人" should be accepted

[TanyanLim]

I only learned Jia ren for family in previous lessons, Why my answer" jia ren" was marked wrong for not knowing a new word?

[jackie477975]

I haven't seen 家庭 up to until now .but thanks for your comments that i read below helped me to kind of understand.

[Alex-Ri]

我爱我的家人 marked wrong. Reported. There was no 家庭 in the excercises so far. Only 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

[ekokepe]

As for 02/04/2021, 我爱我的家族 accepted as well

[raplopez]

Can you just say 我爱家人