Learn how to ask about someone's age in Romanian
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| Bună tuturor! Sunt Raluca. Hi everybody! I’m Raluca. |
| Welcome to RomanianPod101.com’s Româna în 3 minute. The fastest, easiest, and most fun way to learn Romanian. |
| In the last two lessons, we learned the main usages of the verb a fi, which means “to be” in Romanian. |
| In this lesson, we are going to learn about the verb a avea, which means “to have”, and we’ll be using it to talk about your age. |
| It’s normal for young people in Romania to ask each other’s age. It’s really common when you meet someone for the first time. |
| If someone asks you ¿Câți ani ai? just know that it means “How old are you?” in Romanian. |
| [slowly] ¿Câți ani ai? |
| Now you have to answer with your age! In Romanian, we use the verb a avea, meaning “to have”. |
| Here are some examples. |
| “I am 18” is Am optsprezece ani. |
| “I am 20” is Am douăzeci de ani. |
| “I am 25” is Am douăzeci și cinci de ani. And... |
| “I am 40” is Am patruzeci de ani. |
| Am means “I have”. This is a conjugated form of a avea. |
| Optsprezece is “18”. We learned about numbers back in lessons 6 and 7. |
| Note that when you use a number from 1 to 19, you don’t need the preposition de. But if you are older than 20, don’t forget to add de meaning “of”, before the word ani. |
| Ani means “years”. |
| [slowly] Am opt-spre-ze-ce ani. |
| “I am 18.” |
| Sometimes Romanian people won’t ask your age directly, but instead, will ask your birth year. |
| To do this, they will say |
| ¿În ce an ești născut? |
| [slowly] ¿În ce an ești năs-cut? |
| This literally means “Which year were you born?” |
| And then you must reply. For example, you might say “I’m from the 84”, which in Romanian would be Sunt în 84. |
| Do you remember sunt? It is the verb “to be”. |
| în means “from”, and then just say the last 2 digits of your birth year. |
| Now it’s time for Raluca’s Insights. |
| Were you born in the year 2000? Sorry, you can’t say that you are ‘from zero-zero’. You have to say the entire year. Sunt în 2000 (două mii). |
| In this lesson, you learned how to talk about your age and birthdate using a avea. Next time, you’ll learn how to use this verb for talking about possessions. |
| I'll be waiting for you in the next Româna în 3 minute. |
| Pe curând! See you soon! |
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