Questions & Answers about Ma famille est grande.
If a man is speaking, would he say "mon famille" instead of "ma famille"?
No, he would still say ma famille. In French, possessive adjectives like ma (my) match the gender of the thing you own, not your own gender. Because famille is a feminine word, it always takes ma.
Since a family has many people, why do we use "est" instead of "sont"?
Even though a family is made up of many people, the word famille itself is singular (it is one single group). So, we treat it as a singular noun and use the verb est (is).
Why is there an "e" at the end of "grande"?
Adjectives in French must match the gender of the noun they describe. Because famille is a feminine noun, you must add an e to the masculine adjective grand to make it grande.
I learned that "grand" means "tall". Why does it translate to "big" here?
When describing an individual person, grand and grande usually mean "tall". However, when describing a place, an object, or a group like a famille, it translates to "big" or "large".