please help me understand why we use tengo/tiene and not estoy-soy.
tengo / estoy-soy
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tengo / estoy-soy
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Saying your age in Spanish: Tener [número] años = To be [number] years old"
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Hola Jookie
In Spanish we simply express our age by saying literally "I have ... years", instead of saying "I am ... years old." - Some structures don't coincide in English and Spanish and this is one of them.
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