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How to Say ‘Marco is seven years old’ in Italian

Marco ha sette anni

Mar-ko ah SET-teh AHN-nee

[Mar-ko ah SET-teh AHN-nee]

💬 Usage Tip: Age uses avere "to have", never "to be": ho trent'anni "I'm thirty". Saying sono sette anni is a classic mistake.

Phrase Breakdown

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.

ha sette anni

ah SET-teh AHN-nee

is seven years old

Italians use 'avere' (to have) for age. The 'h' in 'ha' is silent, and the double 't' in 'sette' is held: 'a SET-teh AN-nee'.

Example

Mia figlia ha sette anni.

My daughter is seven years old.

Words in this phrase

[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.

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