Spanish by Choice/SpanishPod newbie lesson A0092

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How Old Are You?

Introduction

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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Audio Lesson

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Dialogue

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

Dialogue with Translation

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

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

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

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

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Exercises

Dialogue Translation

Translate from Spanish to English. Click each bar to check your answer. 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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