Topic: Romanian

"Mary is sixteen years old."

Translation:Maria are șaisprezece ani.

November 20, 2016

4 Comments

https://www.duolingo.com/PetraEnescu

    "Mary" is a name. Names are not translatable. Maria is the Romanian version, but still a name stays a personal name.

    November 20, 2016
    https://www.duolingo.com/nforjan

      Would it be șaisprezece ani or șaisprezece de ani?

      July 18, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/vincemat
      • 1191

      Saisprezece ani. "de" is only used after numbers 20 or higher :)

      October 8, 2017
      https://www.duolingo.com/oleoneto

        It had me use the former.

        September 3, 2017
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