Basic sentence

かぞくは　ちちと　ははと　わたしです。

Kazoku wa chichi to haha to watashi desu.My family is my father, my mother and me.

Use

1. 「と」 is used for connecting nouns.

Structure

Examples

①わたしの　かぞくは　ふたりです。つまと　わたしです。

　Watashi no kazoku wa futari desu. Tsuma to watashi desu.　There are two people in my family. My wife and me.

②わたしの　かぞくは　４にんです。おっとと　わたしと
　こども　ふたりです。

　Watashi no kazoku wa yo-nin desu. Otto to watashi to kodomo futari desu.　There are four people in my family. My husband, me and our two children.

Commentary

1. A.　Nouns combined with「と」 can be used as a single noun in the sentence.