Answer Question
Gender question: How to ask how many sons do you have?
This is really a question about all the cases of gender combining in the plural, but I will use the case of hijos. (Pardon the lack of accent marks in the following.)
Cuantas hijas tiene? This, unambiguously, asks how many daughters you have.
Cuantos hijos tiene? As I understand, this could be "how many children do you have" or "how many sons do you have" and is therefore ambiguous. If I am right then how do I unambiguously ask the question "how many sons do you have?" in a single, similar sentence, and how do I unambiguously ask the question "how many children (of either sex) do you have?" in a single, similar sentence?
Thanks.
Cuantas hijas tiene? This, unambiguously, asks how many daughters you have.
Cuantos hijos tiene? As I understand, this could be "how many children do you have" or "how many sons do you have" and is therefore ambiguous. If I am right then how do I unambiguously ask the question "how many sons do you have?" in a single, similar sentence, and how do I unambiguously ask the question "how many children (of either sex) do you have?" in a single, similar sentence?
Thanks.