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A0092: How Old Are You?

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Introduction

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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.

 

Dialogue

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hombre: ¿Cuántos años tienes?
mujer: Tengo treinta años.
hombre: Pareces más joven.
mujer: Muchas gracias.
 

Dialogue with Translation

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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.
 

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Vocabulary for Dialogue

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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
 
veinticinco años – 25 years

Vocabulary for Audio Lesson

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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

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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
zero 0
uno/un/una 1
dos 2
tres 3
cuatro 4
cinco 5
seis 6
siete 7
ocho 8
nueve 9
diez 10
once 11
doce 12
trece 13
catorce 14
quince 15
dieciséis 16
diecisiete 17
dieciocho 18
diecinueve 19
veinte 20
veintiuno/-ún/-una 21
veintidós 22
veintitrés 23
veinticuatro 24
veinticinco 25
veintiséis 26
veintisiete 27
veintiocho 28
veintinueve 29
treinta 30
treinta y uno/un/una 31
treinta y dos 32
treinta y tres 33
treinta y cuatro 34
treinta y cinco 35
treinta y seis 36
treinta y siete 37
treinta y ocho 38
treinta y nueve 39
cuarenta 40
cuarenta y uno/un/una 41
cuarenta y dos 42
cuarenta y tres 43
... ...
cincuenta 50
sesenta 60
setenta 70
ochenta 80
noventa 90
cien 100
 

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.

Image Credits

  • “Image:NadineVelazquez1.jpg” by copyright holder Nadine Provissiero (GNU Free Documentation License with Disclaimer)
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