would you use ser or estar for age?
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I'm trying to say someone 'was 70 years old.' Should I use ser or estar?
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updated Nov 4, 2010
edited by Moe
posted by laurenehrler
What was edited? I removed the double quote marks around the phrase to make the question header more compatible with MS Explorer. - Moe, Nov 4, 2010
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Neither! We use "to have": Tengo 70 años (literally "I have 70 years")
"Soy 70 años" would mean that you are a not defined a person, but as a "70 years".
"Estoy 70 años" would mean that you find yourself 70 years... and the sentence stops there.
P.D. Careful! anos is anuses.
updated Nov 4, 2010
edited by lazarus1907
posted by lazarus1907
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and since someone was 70 years, use tener in the imperfect past, something like tenía 70 años.
updated Nov 4, 2010
posted by Jack-OBrien
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Hi! Neither ser, nor estar...tener! (Él) tiene setienta años. literally: he has 7o years.
updated Nov 4, 2010
posted by pajaro71
