tengo… años
I'm … years old
Common trap for English speakers Age stays with tener ('to have years'), never ser — a chunk worth over-learning before it opens into the full verb in L1.
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Level pre-A1 · Lesson 16
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- hola / buenos días / ¿qué tal? / chao — hi / good morning / how's it going? / bye (greetings & register)
- me llamo… / soy… / soy de… / mi nombre es… — my name is… / I'm… / I'm from… / my name is (formal)
- cero–cien; ¿cuánto cuesta? / son… pesos — zero–hundred; how much is it? / that's… pesos
- ¿qué es esto? es un/una… — what is this? it's a…
- rojo/azul… — red/blue… (colours)
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