Why is Tengo correct when the word usted is there? Isn’t that formal?
Cuántos años tiene usted? - ________sesenta años. How old are you? - I am sixty.TengoTiene
Tiene v Tengo
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Becky V.Kwiziq community member
Tiene v Tengo
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Saying your age in Spanish: Tener [número] años = To be [number] years old"
Asked 1 year ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq
Hola Becky
It's "tengo" because that is the answer that the person gives to the first one who is asking:
¿Cuántos años tiene usted?
Then you answer to that: I am 60.
Tengo 60 años.
I hope it clarified it.
Saludos
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