How to Say ‘How old is your brother?’ in Spain Spanish
¿Cuántos años tiene tu hermano?
KWAHN-tohs AHN-yos TYEH-neh too ehr-MAH-noh
[KWAHN-tohs AHN-yos TYEH-neh too ehr-MAH-noh]
Phrase Breakdown
¿Cuántos años tiene
KWAHN-tohs AHN-yos TYEH-neh
How old is
Literally 'How many years has'. Keep the rising question tone through the whole phrase.
¿Cuántos años tiene el niño?
How old is the boy?
Words in this phrase
Cuántos
[KWAHN-tohs]
How many?
Question asking for the number of things, usually countable.
¿Cuántos días faltan?
How many days are left?
años
[AHN-yos]
years
Plural of año; used for age and time.
Cumplió ochenta años en mayo.
He turned eighty years old in May.
tiene
[TYEH-neh]
is (age) / has
From 'tener'; Spanish uses 'have years' to give age.
Mi madre tiene cuarenta años.
My mother is forty.
tu hermano?
too ehr-MAH-noh
your brother?
Link the words smoothly: tu-er-MA-no, since the h is silent.
¿Dónde vive tu hermano?
Where does your brother live?
Words in this phrase
tu
[too]
your (informal singular)
Possessive adjective used with singular nouns; in dialogue it personalizes: your tradition, your view.
Tu manera de hablar de Jesús puede ser distinta a la mía.
Your way of talking about Jesus may be different from mine.
hermano
[ehr-MAH-noh]
brother
A noun meaning brother. The feminine form is hermana.
Mi hermano estudia medicina.
My brother studies medicine.
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