Phrase · 📇 Personal details
—¿Cuántos años tienes? —Tengo treinta y dos.
—How old are you? —I'm thirty-two.
A1asking someone's ageinformalAudio · coming soon
Why every word is where it is
—¿Cuántos1determinerhow manycuánto · masc. · pl.años1nounyearsaño · masc. · pl.tienes2verbdo you havetener · present · 2nd sing.?—Tengo2verbI havetener · present · 1st sing.treinta3determinerthirtyy3conjunctionanddos3determinertwo.
- Cuántos → años: agree: masc. plural
- tienes → años: has how many?
- treinta → dos: treinta y dos
Word for word: “—How many years do you have? —I have thirty-two.”
Why it's built this way
The notes match the numbers above.
- 1¿Cuántos años…? = how old…? cuántos agrees with años and has an accent. Questions and negation →
- 2Age uses tener: tú tienes, yo tengo. Never soy 32. Tener: possession, age, sensations, tener que →
- 3From 31 on, tens and units are linked with y: treinta y dos. Numbers, telling the time and dates →
Variations
- —¿Cuántos años tiene usted? —Tengo cuarenta y cinco.
- —¿Cuántos años tienes? —Diecinueve.