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Italian Phrase for Asking Someone's Age: "Quanti anni hai?"

"Quanti anni hai?" means "How old are you?" and is a basic way to ask someone's age in Italian. It's a casual form used with people you know well; for strangers or elders, "Quanti anni ha?" (the polite form) is used instead. Typical replies use "Ho ... anni".

Examples

Quanti anni hai?

A basic way to ask someone's age

Ho dieci anni.

"I'm ten years old."

Quanti anni ha?

The polite form, used with elders or strangers