Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0092/Print version
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A0092: How Old Are You? edit
Introduction edit
We are entering dangerous territory: questions about age. Get your compliments ready, someone might be fishing! But first JP and Liliana give us the keyword of this lesson: años — years.
- related SpanishPod lessons: A0056: What time is the train?, A0086: Are you single?, A0112: What is your telephone number?
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Dialogue edit
hombre: ¿Cuántos años tienes? mujer: Tengo treinta años. hombre: Pareces más joven. mujer: Muchas gracias.
Dialogue with Translation edit
hombre: ¿Cuántos años tienes? how many years (you) have man: How old are you?
mujer: Tengo treinta años. (I) have thirty years woman: I'm thirty years old.
hombre: Pareces más joven. (you) appear more young man: You seem younger.
mujer: Muchas gracias. many thanks woman: Thanks a lot.
Vocabulary for Dialogue edit
el hombre noun (masculine) the man la mujer noun (feminine) the woman ¿cuánto?/¿cuánta? interrog. pronoun (m./f.) how much? ¿cuántos?/¿cuántas? interrog. pron. (plural, m./f.) how many? el año noun (masculine) the year los años noun (plural, masculine) the years tener verb (infinitive) to have (tú) tienes verb (present tense) you have (informal, singular) treinta number thirty parecer verb (infinitive) to seem (tú) pareces verb (present tense) you seem (informal, singular) más adverb more joven adjective (m./f.) young más joven phrase younger mucho/mucha adjective (m./f.) much muchos/muchas adjective (plural, m./f.) many gracias phrase thank you muchas gracias phrase thank you a lot
Vocabulary for Audio Lesson edit
treinta y cinco number 35 veinticinco number 25 veintinueve number 29 así adverb so, like this ser verb (infinitive) to be (él/ella) es verb (present tense) he/she(/it) is así es phrase exactly hasta luego phrase see you later hasta mañana phrase until tomorrow
More Vocabulary edit
This section includes grammatically related words. Some of them are required by the exercise Dialogue Recast.
| tener | infinitive | to have |
| (yo) tengo | present tense | I have |
| (tú) tienes | you have (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) tiene | he/she(/it) has | |
| (usted) tiene | you have (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) tenemos | we have (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) tenéis | you have (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) tienen | they have (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) tienen | you have (formal, plural) | |
| parecer | infinitive | to seem |
| (yo) parezco | present tense | I seem |
| (tú) pareces | you seem (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) parece | he/she(/it) seems | |
| (usted) parece | you seem (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) parecemos | we seem (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) parecéis | you seem (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) parecen | they seem (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) parecen | you seem (formal, plural) | |
| ser | infinitive | to be |
| (yo) soy | present tense | I am |
| (tú) eres | you are (informal, singular) | |
| (él/ella) es | he/she(/it) is | |
| (usted) es | you are (formal, singular) | |
| (nosotros/-as) somos | we are (m./f.) | |
| (vosotros/-as) sois | you are (informal, plural, m./f.) | |
| (ellos/ellas) son | they are (m./f.) | |
| (ustedes) son | you are (formal, plural) | |
| uno | number | one |
| un/una | article (m./f.) | a |
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Exercises
Dialogue Translation
Cover the right column, translate from Spanish to English and uncover the right column line by line to check your answers. If possible, read the Spanish sentences aloud.
¿Cuántos años tienes? How old are you? Tengo treinta años. I'm thirty years old. Pareces más joven. You seem younger. Muchas gracias. Thanks a lot.
Dialogue Recall
Now translate from English to Spanish. Remember to say the Spanish sentences aloud.
How old are you? ¿Cuántos años tienes? I'm thirty years old. Tengo treinta años. You seem younger. Pareces más joven. Thanks a lot. Muchas gracias.
Dialogue Remix
Translate this variant of the dialogue from English to Spanish.
How old are you? 25? ¿Cuántos años tienes? ¿Veinticinco? Many more! ¡Muchos más! More than (= de) 35 years? ¿Más de treinta y cinco años? Thanks a lot! ¡Muchas gracias! How many? ¿Cuántos? I'm 29 years old. Tengo veintinueve años. You seem younger. Pareces más joven. Thanks, youngster. Gracias, joven.
Dialogue Recast
This translation exercise requires some of the words from the More Vocabulary section.
How old are you? (formal) ¿Cuántos años tiene (usted)? I'm fifty years old. Tengo cincuenta años. You seem younger. (formal) (Usted) parece más joven. Thanks a lot. Muchas gracias.
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