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1 sixteen-year-old
noun (a person or animal that is sixteen years old.) (individu, etc.) âgé de seize ans -
2 sixteen
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3 Age
Note that where English says to be X years old, French says avoir X ans (to have X years).How old?how old are you?= quel âge as-tu?what age is she?= quel âge a-t-elle?The word ans (years) is never dropped:he is forty years oldor he is forty= il a quarante ansshe’s eighty= elle a quatre-vingts ansthe house is a hundred years old= la maison a cent ansa man of fifty= un homme de cinquante ansa child of eight and a half= un enfant de huit ans et demiI feel sixteen= j’ai l’impression d’avoir seize anshe looks sixteen= on lui donnerait seize ansNote the use of de after âgé and à l’âge:a woman aged thirty= une femme âgée de trente ansat the age of forty= à l’âge de quarante ansMrs Smith, aged forty= Mme Smith, âgée de quarante ansDo not confuse que and de used with plus and moins:I’m older than you= je suis plus âgé que toishe’s younger than him= elle est plus jeune que luiAnne’s two years younger= Anne a deux ans de moinsMargot’s older than Suzanne by five years= Margot a cinq ans de plus que SuzanneRobert’s younger than Thomas by six years= Robert a six ans de moins que ThomasX-year-olda forty-year-old= quelqu’un de quarante ansa sixty-year-old woman= une femme de soixante ansan eighty-year-old pensioner= un retraité de quatre-vingts ansthey’ve got an eight-year-old= ils ont un enfant de huit ansand a five-year-old= et un autre de cinq ansNote the various ways of saying these in French:he is about fifty= il a environ cinquante ansor il a une cinquantaine d’annéesor (less formally) il a dans les cinquante ans(Other round numbers in -aine used to express age are dizaine (10), vingtaine (20), trentaine (30), quarantaine (40), soixantaine (60) and centaine (100).)she’s just over sixty= elle vient d’avoir soixante ansshe’s just under seventy= elle aura bientôt soixante-dix ansshe’s in her sixties= elle a entre soixante et soixante-dix ansshe’s in her early sixties= elle a entre soixante et soixante-cinq ansshe’s in her late sixties= elle va avoir soixante-dix ansor (less formally) elle va sur ses soixante-dix ansshe must be seventy= elle doit avoir soixante-dix anshe’s in his mid forties= il a entre quarante et cinquante ansor (less formally) il a dans les quarante-cinq anshe’s just ten= il a tout juste dix anshe’s barely twelve= il a à peine douze ansgames for the under twelves= jeux pour les moins de douze ansonly for the over eighties= seulement pour les plus de quatre-vingts ans
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