How to Say ‘She's ten.’ in Mexican Spanish
Tiene diez años.
tee-EH-neh DYESS AHN-yohs
[tee-EH-neh DYESS AHN-yohs]
💬 Usage Tip: Tiene doesn't say who, so "she" comes from context. The z in diez sounds like s: (dee-ES), never th.
Phrase Breakdown
Tiene
[tee-EH-neh]
you have / he has / she has
Form of tener; in polite speech it can mean you have.
Tiene razón en parte, pero el cobro sigue alto.
You are partly right, but the charge is still high.
diez
[DYESS]
Ten
The number following nine and preceding eleven.
La reunión es el diez de octubre.
The meeting is on the tenth of October.
años
[AHN-yohs]
years
Plural of "año," meaning "years." In birthday phrases, it is part of "cumple años."
Juan cumple años en mayo.
Juan has his birthday in May.
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