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J’ai trente-sept ans.	I’m thirty-seven years old.
J’ai vingt-deux ans.	I’m twenty-two.
Mon fils a huit ans.	My son’s eight.
Vous avez quel âge?	How old are you?

BON À SAVOIR!

If you have to ask Vous avez quel âge?, you can always add sans indiscrétion (if you don’t mind my asking).

To talk about who you are and what you do, use je suis (I am). This comes from the verb être. For more information on être, see here.

Je suis une amie de Paul.	I’m a friend of Paul’s.
Je suis le frère de Ben.	I’m Ben’s brother.
Je suis célibataire.	I’m single.
Je travaille en tant que programmeur pour l’entreprise Dunier.	I work as a programmer for the Dunier company.
Je suis enseignant.	I’m a teacher.

BON À SAVOIR!

When you say what you do in French, you don’t put an article in front of the job name: I’m a baker is je suis boulanger. However, you do need an article when you address someone by their title, so Mrs Chairwoman is Madame la Directrice.