колку години имаш
Saying Your Age
Macedonian says you have your years: Колку години имаш? (How old are you?) · Имам дваесет и пет години. (I am twenty-five.)
How It Works
Asking.
- Колку години имаш? to a friend or child
- Колку години имате? to an adult you address politely, or to several people (see Informal and Polite You)
Answering. Use the forms of Saying What You Have: Имам дваесет години. · Марко има десет години. · Детето има две години.
Година is feminine. That matters for one and two: една година, две години. From three up the number does not change: три години, пет години.
Bigger numbers. Tens and units are joined with и: дваесет и пет (25), триесет и осум (38). The full system is in Numbers Above Ten.
Examples (6)
- Колку години имаш?
How old are you?
Word by Word: How-many years have-you?
- Колку години имате?
How old are you? (polite)
Word by Word: How-many years have-you?
The plural verb is used for polite address and for several people.
- Имам дваесет и пет години.
I'm twenty-five.
Word by Word: Have-I twenty and five years.
- Марко има десет години.
Marko is ten.
Word by Word: Marko has ten years.
- Детето има две години.
The child is two.
Word by Word: Child-the has two years.
Година is feminine, so two is две.
- Бебето има една година.
The baby is one.
Word by Word: Baby-the has one year.
With one, the singular година is used.
Common Mistakes
Using сум for age, as in English.
Јас сум дваесет години.Имам дваесет години.Macedonian treats age as something you have. Use има.
Using the masculine two with години.
Детето има два години.Детето има две години.Година is feminine, so two is две.
Building the question with сум.
Колку години си?Колку години имаш?The question uses the same verb as the answer: имаш.
How It Connects
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Saying your age combines numbers and има.
Related Patterns
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