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<!-- (AUDIO) Sebastián: Tengo veintiún años. -->

--instructions--

Listen to the audio and complete the sentence below.

--fillInTheBlank--

--sentence--

Tengo BLANK años.

--blanks--

veintiún

--feedback--

This is the shortened form of the number twenty-one (21), used before a plural masculine noun (años). Remember to use the accent mark to the letter u.

--explanation--

The complete sentence is Tengo veintiún años, which means "I am twenty-one years old".

Veintiún is the shortened form of veintiuno (21). This shortened form is used immediately before plural masculine nouns, like años ("years"). For example:

Veintiún cuadernos. - Twenty-one notebooks.

--scene--

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        },
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      "filename": "ES_A1_spanish_meet_angela_and_basti.mp3",
      "startTime": 1,
      "startTimestamp": 28.69,
      "finishTimestamp": 30.02
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    },
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      "dialogue": {
        "text": "Tengo veintiún años.",
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      }
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