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"
Asked 1 year ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq
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.
Saludos
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