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How to Say ‘Marco is seven and Giulia four.’ in Italian

Marco ha sette anni e Giulia quattro.

Mar-ko ah SET-teh AHN-nee eh JOO-lyah KWAT-tro

[Mar-ko ah SET-teh AHN-nee eh JOO-lyah KWAT-tro]

Phrase Breakdown

Marco ha sette anni

Mar-ko ah SET-teh AHN-nee

Marco is seven years old

Age is expressed with 'avere' (to have). Remember to hold the double consonants in 'sette' and 'anni'.

Example

Marco ha sette anni.

Marco is seven.

Words in this phrase

Marco

[Mar-ko]

Mark

Referring to St. Mark, one of the four Evangelists.

Example

San Marco è rappresentato da un leone alato.

Saint Mark is represented by a winged lion.

[ah]

has

Auxiliary verb from 'avere', used to form the past tense.

Example

Mi ha scritto questa mattina dopo l'incontro.

He/She wrote to me this morning after the meeting.

sette

[SET-teh]

seven

Number after six.

Example

Ci sono sette giorni in una settimana.

There are seven days in a week.

anni

[AHN-nee]

years

Plural of anno; can refer to age or calendar years.

Example

A venti anni studiavo a Roma.

At twenty years old I was studying in Rome.

e Giulia quattro.

eh JOO-lyah KWAT-tro

and Giulia four.

The verb 'ha' and the word 'anni' are left out because they are understood. Say 'KWAT-troh' with a strong double 't'.

Example

Io ho trenta anni e lei quattro.

I'm thirty and she's four.

Words in this phrase

[eh]

and

Simple conjunction meaning and; commonly used in telling time.

Example

Sono le dieci e Alle dieci e un quarto.

It is ten and ten fifteen.

Giulia

[JOO-lyah]

Julia

A common Italian female first name.

Example

Giulia va a scuola.

Giulia goes to school.

quattro

[KWAT-tro]

four

Number after three.

Example

Ci sono quattro sedie nel salotto.

There are four chairs in the living room.

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