Question

¿Cuántos años tienes tú?

¿Tienes una familia grande o pequeña?

¿Cómo es tu familia?

¿Tienes hermanos? Si tienes hermanos, ¿cómo se llaman?

¿Cuántos años tiene tu mamá o tu papá?

please help me i will give a medal and i don't really want you to give the awnsers to me i just want to understand what it's asking

Answer 1

literally,
1. How-many years have you?
2. How is your family?
3. You-have siblings? If you-have siblings, how themselves they-call?
4. How-many years have your mother or your father?

Answer 2

meaning:
1. How old are you?
2. How's your family?
3. Do you have any brothers or sisters? If yes, what are their names?
4. How old is your mother or your father?

Answer 3

brb(20mins)

Answer 4

1. soy años 15
2. me familia es bien
3. me hermano nombre es Aramis
4. me mama es 38 anos

Answer 5

is this anywhere near correct

Answer 6

well, in English we use the verb "to be" when describing age, while in Spanish we use the verb "to have"

Answer 7

and we say "my name is..." in english, while in spanish we say "i call myself.."

Answer 8

different languages have different culture :)

Answer 9

i'm still kind of clueless in how to put that in spanish can you give me an example

Answer 10

For example, in Spanish I'd say "I have 14 years" instead of "I am 14 years old", and "I call myself kc_kennylau" instead of "My name is kc_kennylau"

Answer 11

so how would that be said in spanish like the "i have" and "i call myself"?

Answer 12

"I have" is "tengo", "I call myself" is "me llamo"

Answer 13

OHHH oh gosh i feel stupid for forgetting those. learned it in the beginning of the year

Answer 14

do you want the complete conjugation?

Answer 15

yes please

Answer 16

tener: (to have)
yo tengo
tú tienes
él/ella/usted tiene
nosotros tenemos
vosotros tenéis (only used in Spain)
ellos/ellas/ustedes tienen

llamarse: (to call oneself)
yo me llamo
tú te llamas
él/ella/usted se llama
nosotros nos llamamos
vosotros os llamáis (only used in Spain)
ellos/ellas/ustedes se llaman

Answer 17

wow i'm going to have to write this down
thank you

Answer 18

no problem :)

Answer 19

¿Cuántos años tienes tú?
tengo anos 15

Answer 20

no wait tengo 15 anos or was the first one correct

Answer 21

tengo 15 annos (i use double n for tilde)

Answer 22

P.S. ano means anus and anno means year xp

Answer 23

lololol

Answer 24

¿Tienes una familia grande o pequeña?
me familia grande

Answer 25

familia is not a verb, don't put the object "me" in front of that

Answer 26

oh ok but then what would i put

Answer 27

tengo una familia grande

Answer 28

and "my" in spanish is "mi"

Answer 29

i have so much to learn

Answer 30

lolz don't give up fd :D

Answer 31

¿Cómo es tu familia?
tengo familia bien

Answer 32

How is your family?
I have a well family

Answer 33

i won't i will not give up

Answer 34

that doesn't make any sense at all...

Answer 35

how would you answer that in english?

Answer 36

my family is doing well

Answer 37

do you remember how to answer "como estAs"?

Answer 38

i believe so

Answer 39

ok let's translate that word by word

Answer 40

muy bien or just bien

Answer 41

my->mi
family->familia
is->estA
doing->haciendo
well->bien

Answer 42

except that we don't use "to be doing well" in Spanish, we just say "to be well"

Answer 43

so that makes "mi familia estA bien"

Answer 44

oh

Answer 45

:)

Answer 46

#4 ¿Tienes hermanos? Si tienes hermanos, ¿cómo se llaman?
tein hermano, se llamo Aramis

Answer 47

or was i suppose to put tengo i was having a small battle in my head about that

Answer 48

yep tengo

Answer 49

and not "se llamo"

Answer 50

but "se llama"

Answer 51

literally "he calls himself"

Answer 52

or as in Spanish word-order, "he himself calls"

Answer 53

or as Spanish omits the subject, just "himself calls"

Answer 54

oops hehehe c: so it's suppose to be se llama

Answer 55

yep

Answer 56

but that's not all

Answer 57

?

Answer 58

Now your answer would be:
I have brother, he calls himself Aramis

Answer 59

do you think that's a bit weird?

Answer 60

yes

Answer 61

why?

Answer 62

bad grammar i would say i have a brother, and his name is aramis. (in english)

Answer 63

yep

Answer 64

so put an "a" between "i have" and "brother" :)

Answer 65

ok so
tengo a hermano, se llama Aramis

Answer 66

well what's "a" in spanish?

Answer 67

y is and right

Answer 68

?

Answer 69

ok the correct answer should be
"tengo un hermano, se llama Aramis"
or even:
"tengo un hermano que se llama Aramis"

Answer 70

thank you so "un" mean "a"

Answer 71

if the noun is masculine, yes

Answer 72

and if its not masculin then it would be?

Answer 73

una

Answer 74

ok and i have one last question

Answer 75

ok

Answer 76

¿Cuántos años tiene tu mamá o tu papá?
mi mama es 38

Answer 77

again, use "tener XXX annos" instead of "ser XXX"

Answer 78

¿Cuántos años tiene tu mamá o tu papá?
tengo mama es 38 annos
mi mama es 38 annos
??

Answer 79

the first one

Answer 80

mi mamA tiene 38 annos

Answer 81

*facepalm* i am really grateful for your help

Answer 82

lolz no problem :)

Answer 83

as a practice, how would you say "you are 14 years old" in Spanish?

Answer 84

tengo 14 annos?

Answer 85

"you are" not "i am"

Answer 86

oh
would you use te

Answer 87

te means "you" as an object

Answer 88

http://spanish.about.com/od/pronouns/a/pronoun_types.htm

Answer 89

eres 14 annos

Answer 90

\[\begin{array}{l|l|l|l|l|l|l}
\mbox{Subject}&\mbox{yo}&\mbox{tú}&\mbox{él}&\mbox{ella}&\mbox{usted}&\mbox{nosotros}&\mbox{vosotros}&\mbox{ellos}&\mbox{ellas}&\mbox{ustedes}\\\hline
\mbox{Direct Object}&\mbox{me}&\mbox{te}&\mbox{lo}&\mbox{la}&\mbox{lo/la}&\mbox{nos}&\mbox{os}&\mbox{los}&\mbox{las}&\mbox{los/las}\\\hline
\mbox{Indirect object}&\mbox{me}&\mbox{te}&\mbox{le}&\mbox{le}&\mbox{le}&\mbox{nos}&\mbox{os}&\mbox{les}&\mbox{les}&\mbox{les}\\\hline
\mbox{Reflexive}&\mbox{me}&\mbox{te}&\mbox{se}&\mbox{se}&\mbox{se}&\mbox{nos}&\mbox{os}&\mbox{se}&\mbox{se}&\mbox{se}\\\hline
\mbox{Possessive adj}&\mbox{mi}&\mbox{tu}&\mbox{su}&\mbox{su}&\mbox{su}&\mbox{nuestro/a}&\mbox{vuestro/a}&\mbox{su}&\mbox{su}&\mbox{su
}\end{array}\]

Answer 91

i said we use have

Answer 92

so it'd be "tienes 14 annos" (sorry gtg cya)

Answer 93

Final note: I just use double n to facilitate conversation, DON'T ever use double n in exam

Answer 94

ok thank you

Answer 95

and i notice that ustedes cannot be displayed, so here is the missing coloumn:
subject:ustedes
D.O.:los/las
I.O.:les
Reflexive:se
Poss.:su

Answer 96

sorry gtg cya

Answer 97

ok bye

Answer 98

:)