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March 18th, 2008

What do you think when you see a couple with a considerable age gap? That it’s inappropriate? Good for him/her? That there’s nothing wrong with that? Well, Laura, from today’s dialogue doesn’t want to jump to any conclusions about Mike and his girlfriend, and asks a friend how old Mike and his girlfriend are.

In today’s Newbie lesson, we learn some of the most basic things about Italian verbs. What do people mean when they talk about the gender and number? Find out in today’s lesson! Come to the site for the audio, PDF, online exercises, and more difficult courses in Italian. Ciao!

quanti anni? How old?

Voice Actors: Cinzia, Marco
Category: Newbie Lessons |
Grammar: | Function: | Topic: | Politeness Level:
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13 Responses to “Newbie Lesson #6 - How old is Mike?”

avatar ItalianPod101.com says:

Do you usually ask someone’s age the first time you meet?

avatar Jacqueline says:

Quasi mai. :mrgreen:

avatar Marco says:

I also never ask someone’s age, it seems rude.
Ciao!

avatar Krista says:

I don’t ask adults their age. I do ask people the age of their children, sometimes. My daughter and I are often asked what her (my daughter’s) age is. So maybe this is a good thing to learn if you have kids, and meet people with kids.

avatar Marco says:

Dear Krista,
I also think that age is more commonly asked when there is a young person involved, like a child or a teenager.
Ciao
Marco

avatar J. Mario says:

So Marco…..quanti anni ha Cinzia?! Non e a “profiles”. :lol:

avatar Marco says:

Dear J. Mario,
I was waiting for this comment!
I will make sure that SHE writes her age!

Buona giornata
Marco

avatar J. Mario says:

Si - la Senorina Italiana e “aggressive”, ma anchile coy!

By the way - ItalianPod101.com is the best Italian program on Itunes. I tried the others; they don’t compare with you two. Benisimo!

avatar Marco says:

Dear J. Mario,
It is better to say
“Le ragazze italiane sono aggressive, ma anche qui lo sono!”
“Italian girls are aggressive, but they are so also here!”
We prefer to use the plural form because by doing so it becomes a general statement and not a direct one.

Thank you for your compliments.
It is going to get even better!
Ciao
Marco

avatar J. Mario says:

I see, that makes sense.

Grazie mille!

avatar roma55 says:

My father reminded me recently of the time when I was a child and I was asked my age:

Uncle:”Quanti anni hai? ”
Me:” Tanti!” and I was only 3!

Sorry, I am not brave enough to tell you ‘quanti anni ho adesso!’

Ciao

roma55

avatar Jim says:

Hi,

I think the PDF has the wrong dialog for the Formal Italian and Formal English bits. They read the same as Newbie Lesson #5 and are nothing like the Informal Italian and Informal English bits.

Any chance of a correction? :smile:

avatar Marco says:

Thank you for pointing that out!
It has been fixed now.

Buona giornata
Marco

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