Saturday, October 6, 2007

Lesson 12 - 你多大?

Learning to say, "How old are you?" is very easy in Chinese. It is pronounced: Ni3 duo1 da? which literally means: You many years old? The characters are below:

Question: 你多大?
Answer: 我十五岁。

The answer is just as easy after you have learned how to say your numbers. Simply put in the subject "I" which is 我 (wo3) and then the number of years followed by the character 岁 (sui4) which means years old. One can also ask about other people per the below example:

Question: 你的爷爷多大? How old is your grandfather?
Answer: 我的爷爷八十四岁。 My grandfather is eighty four years old.

Practice asking about other people in the family and/or friends.

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