Breakdown of Tendrá la misma edad que mi hermano.
el hermano
the brother
tener
to have
mi
my
que
that / than
mismo
same / right (emphatic, e.g. ahora mismo)
la edad
age
Questions & Answers about Tendrá la misma edad que mi hermano.
Why does this sentence use the future tense tendrá if we are guessing how old he is right now?
In Spanish, the future tense is often used to express a guess or probability about the present. So, while tendrá literally translates to he will have, here it means he must be or he is probably.
Why do we use a form of tener instead of ser or estar for his age?
Why does the sentence use que instead of como for the word as?
When you use el mismo or la misma to mean the same, the word for as is always que. You only use como in other types of comparisons, like when using tan and como.
Why is it la misma instead of el mismo?
The word mismo must match the gender of the noun it describes. Because edad is a feminine noun, we use la misma.
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