Translate 'Cuándo yo tenía 5 años...' into English.

Translate 'Cuándo yo tenía 5 años...' into English.

• A. When I Had Five Years Old.
• B. When I Was 5 Years Old.
• C. When I Am 5 Years Old.
• D. When I Will Be 5 Years Old.

Answer: (B)

The key idea is expressing a past age in English. When describing how old someone was at a past time, we use the past tense of “to be”: “was.” Spanish uses the imperfect tense here (tenía), which corresponds to that ongoing past state. So the natural translation is “When I was five years old.” The other options misfire because they mix in present (“am”), future (“will be”), or use a nonstandard verb for age (“had”). Also, “five years old” is the correct phrasing for age in English.

The key idea is expressing a past age in English. When describing how old someone was at a past time, we use the past tense of “to be”: “was.” Spanish uses the imperfect tense here (tenía), which corresponds to that ongoing past state. So the natural translation is “When I was five years old.” The other options misfire because they mix in present (“am”), future (“will be”), or use a nonstandard verb for age (“had”). Also, “five years old” is the correct phrasing for age in English.