How old are you – Cколько тебе лет? – [SKOL’-ko te-BYE l’et]
About the phrase how old are you in Russian
Сколько тебе лет? [SKOL’-ko te-BYE l’et] = How old are you? (informal)
Сколько? [SKOL’-ko] = How many? – question word
тебе [te-BYE] = to you – pronoun, 2nd person Singular, Dative Case
лет [l’et] = years – noun, Genitive Case Plural
Сколько вам лет? [SKOL’-ko vam l’et] = How old are you? (formal)
Сколько? [SKOL’-ko] = How many? – question word
вам [vam] = to you – pronoun, 2nd person Plural, Dative Case
лет [l’et] = years – noun, Genitive Case Plural
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