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Russian!

Expressing age – the dative case of pronouns.

The dative case is used to form statements about age. (From what I remember that's not all it's used for, but I'll look that up later.) The person is in dative. Learn the dative case form of the personal pronouns.

Образец:
-- Кто это на фотографии?
-- Бабушка.
-- Она совсем не старая! Сколько ей лет?
-- Ей шестьдесят два года.

Как по-русски? How woul d you ask the following people how old they are?
1. A friend - Сколько тебе лет?
2. A friend's father – Сколько вам лет?
3. Friends who are twins. (Weak, book. Very weak.) – Сколько вам лет?

Как по-русски? How would you ask the following questions?
1. How old are you? (informal, singular) Сколько тебе лет?
2. How old is she? Сколько ей лет?
3. How old is he? Сколько ему лет?
4. How old are they? Сколько им лет?
5. How old are you? (plural) Сколько вам лет?
6. Who in this group is how old? Сколько кому лет? (I'm actually kind of thinking that's what the book meant but not the most accurate translation? I could be entirely wrong.)

Right. Did my exercises this morning, almost all of them, too. And getting my walk in. Did some dishes, though I really wish the boy would do them more frequently. Still. Morning chores done. Now let's see if I can scrub some minis before I leave.