vous vrs ta

Question

Bonjour,In this sentence which I found it in a book, vous etes combien dans ta famille?Why they used "ta" and not "vos" or "votre"? Merci

Accepted Answer

Hi Memol,
You could say 
How many of you are there in your family?
in French, in two possible ways :
To someone you say 'vous' to -
Vous êtes combien dans votre famille ?
and to someone you say 'tu' to 
Vous êtes combien dans ta famille ?
The first vous is a collective 'you' meaning several people as a family comprises at least 2 people.
Hope this helps!

Answer

Memol B -

you would have to ask them ' why ? '.

You can certainly use ' dans votre famille ' here, and if I was using 'vous' to address someone in the first place, I would.

(It would not be ' vos famille ', but could be ' vos familles ' if there were multiple families involved.

Notre/nos/votre/vos/leur/leurs = our/your/their (French Possessive Adjectives)