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Beginner French · A1

How to say your age in French: j'ai… ans

Ask someone's age and say yours.

I can ask someone's age and say mine.

You have your age

In French you don't say you are thirty. You say you have thirty years: J'ai trente ans.

Never drop ans: J'ai vingt ans, not J'ai vingt.

Je + ai becomes j'ai. French joins little words like this whenever the next word starts with a vowel.

J'ai trente ans.
I'm thirty.
Tu as quel âge ?
How old are you?

Useful words and phrases

tu as quel âge ?
how old are you?
j'ai…
I have…
ans
years
vingt
twenty
trente
thirty
quarante
forty
  • ans: Never drop it: j'ai vingt ans.
  • vingt: The g and t are silent.

Happy birthday, Julien

🎂 Julien's birthday at the café

  1. Sam

    Joyeux anniversaire, Julien !

    Happy birthday, Julien!

  2. Julien

    Merci, Sam !

    Thanks, Sam!

  3. Sam

    Tu as quel âge ?

    How old are you?

  4. Julien

    J'ai trente ans. Et toi ?

    I'm thirty. And you?

  5. Sam

    J'ai vingt ans.

    I'm twenty.

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