Lesson 6 - Age and number

In the following section, you will learn how to tell your age and count in Kven.

Verbs throughout the lesson will be marked in orange to help you become more acquainted with them.

Case suffixes throughout the lesson will be marked in red to help you become more acquainted with them.

Kunka vanha sie olet?

How old are you?

Kunkas vanha mie olen?

How old do you think I am?

To answer the question, you can either say the number directly, or you can say:

Mie olen ...

I am ...

Mie olen ... vuotta vanhaa.

I am ... years old.

The followings are base numbers from 0 to 10. 

11 ~ 19 = Base number + toista:

seittemen + -toista

seventeen

20 ~ 99 = Base number + kymmentä (+ base number):

seittemen + -kymmentä (kolme)

seventy (three)

For division, you can also use the verb "jakkaat", as in "jaa kaksikymmentä kaksi kahela" (divide 22 by 2).