"Vous avez des frères et sœurs ?" means: Are you brothers and sisters? .... Can someone please explain why avoir is used and not être. ..... Thanks

Hi Michael,

The sentence 'Vous avez des frères et sœurs ?' actually means " Do you have brothers and sisters ? "

The verb 'avoir' is used here which means "to  have".

For the sentence 'Are you brothers and sisters?' , the French translation would be as "Êtes-vous frères et sœurs ? "

- Varsha

Merci !