Difference between revisions of "Age with "sui""

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This is equivalent to "Subject '''is''' Number years old" in English.
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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>
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* 她 45 <em>岁</em> 。<span class="pinyin">Tā sìshí-wǔ <em>suì</em>.</span><span class="trans">She is 45 years old.</span>
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* 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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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):
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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>
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<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>
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<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 Wǒ èrshí suì.I am 20 years old.
  • 她 45 Tā sìshí-wǔ suì.She is 45 years old.
  • 我 的 孩子 一 半 。Wǒ de háizi yī suì bàn.My child is one and a half years old.

Note that you don't need the verb (shì) in any of these sentences, and you don't need a measure word like (gè) either. In fact, it would be incorrect to use either of those with 岁 (suì):

  • 我 的 孩子 一 Wǒ de háizi yī suì.
  • 我 的 孩子 Wǒ de háizi shìsuì.
  • 我 的 孩子 一 Wǒ de háizi yī suì.My child is one and a half years old.

Sources and further reading

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