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Il y a combien de jours dans une semaine = "How many days are there in a week?"
The answer to the question Il y a combien de mois dans une année? ("There are how many months in one year?") in French is Il y a douze mois dans une année ("There are 12 months in one year").
"How many children are there in your family"
The question 'Combien de temps' means How long, or How much time [does it take]. In the word-by-word translation, the adverb 'combien' means 'how'. The preposition 'de' means 'from, of'. And the noun 'temps' means 'time'.
The question 'Il y a combien de personnes dans ta famille' means How many people are there in your family? In the word-by-word translation, the phrase 'il y a' means 'there are', by way of 'il' as '[he/it]', 'y' as 'there', and 'a' '[he/she/it] has'. The adverb 'combien' means 'how much, how many'. The preposition 'de' means 'from, of'. The noun 'personnes' means 'persons, people'. The preposition 'dans' means 'in'. The possessive adjective 'ta' means 'your'. And the noun 'famille' means 'family'.