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* 我 20 <em>岁</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ èrshí <em>suì</em>.</span><span class="trans">I am 20 years old.</span> | * 我 20 <em>岁</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ èrshí <em>suì</em>.</span><span class="trans">I am 20 years old.</span> | ||
| + | * 她 45 <em>岁</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Tā sìshí-wǔ <em>suì</em>.</span><span class="trans">She is 45 years old.</span> | ||
| + | * 我 的 孩子 一 <em>岁</em> 半 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ de háizi yī <em>suì</em> bàn.</span><span class="trans">My child is one and a half years old.</span> | ||
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| + | <li class="x">我 的 孩子 一 <strong>个</strong> <em>岁</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ de háizi yī <strong>gè</strong> <em>suì</em>.</span></li> | ||
| + | <li class="x">我 的 孩子 <strong>是</strong> 一 <em>岁</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ de háizi <strong>shì</strong> yī <em>suì</em>.</span></li> | ||
| + | <li class="o">我 的 孩子 一 <em>岁</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Wǒ de háizi yī <em>suì</em>.</span><span class="trans">My child is one and a half years old.</span></li> | ||
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Revision as of 06:27, 25 August 2015
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Use 岁 (suì) to tell someone your age. The sentence pattern is a bit different from English, however.
Structure
The structure for telling someone's age with 岁 (suì) is:
Subject + Number + 岁
This is equivalent to someone "is x years old" in English.
Examples
- 我 20 岁 。I am 20 years old.
- 她 45 岁 。She is 45 years old.
- 我 的 孩子 一 岁 半 。My child is one and a half years old.
Note that you don't need the verb 是 (shì) in any of these sentences, and you don't need a measure word like 个 (gè) either. In fact, it would be incorrect to use either of those with 岁 (suì):
- 我 的 孩子 一 个 岁 。
- 我 的 孩子 是 一 岁 。
- 我 的 孩子 一 岁 。My child is one and a half years old.
Sources and further reading
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