how old are you

how old are you

English

English phrasebook

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Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /haʊ ˈəʊld ɑː(ɹ) ˌjuː/
• (US) IPA^(key): /haʊ ˈoʊld ɑɹ ˌju/

Phrase

How old are you?

1. Asks the age of the interlocutor.

   Literally: What is your age in years?

2. (impolite) Used to question the mental age (maturity) of the interlocutor.

   Jack: (laughing at infantile humor)

   Jill: How old are you?

Translations

what is your age in years

Albanian: sa vjeç jeni? Arabic: (to a male) كَم عُمْرُكَ؟‎ (kam ʿumruka?), (to a female) كَم عُمْرُكِ؟‎ (kam ʿumruki?) Egyptian Arabic: عندك كم سنة؟‎ (ʿandak kam sana?) (to a male), عندك كم سنة؟‎ (ʿandik kam sana?) (to a female) Armenian: (informal) քանի՞ տարեկան ես (kʿani? tarekan es), (formal) քանի՞ տարեկան եք (kʿani? tarekan ekʿ) Belarusian: ко́лькі вам гадо́ў? (kólʹki vam hadóŭ?) (formal), ко́лькі табе́ гадо́ў? (kólʹki tabjé hadóŭ?) (informal) Bengali: তোমার বয়স কত? (tomar bôyôsô kôt?) Bikol Central: pira na an edad mo? Bislama: Yu gat hamas yia? Bulgarian: на ко́лко годи́ни сте? (na kólko godíni ste?) (formal), на ко́лко годи́ни си? (na kólko godíni si?) (informal) Burmese: အသက် ဘယ်လောက်လဲ။ (a.sak bhailauklai:||) Catalan: quants anys tens? (informal) Cherokee: ᎯᎳ ᎢᏣᏕᏘᏴᏓ? (hila itsadetiyvda?) Chinese: Mandarin: (very formal, honorific, to an elder) 您高壽？／您高寿？ (nín gāoshòu?), (to an elder) 您多大年紀了？／您多大年纪了？ (nín duō dà niánjì le?), 您多大了？ (nín duō dà le?), (to a child) 你幾歲了？／你几岁了？ (nǐ jǐ suì le?) Crimean Tatar: qaç yaşındasıñız? (formal), qaç yaşındasıñ? (informal) Czech: (formal) kolik je vám let?, (informal) kolik je tobě let?, (informal) kolik je ti let?, (formal) jak jste starý? m, (formal) jak jste stará? f, (informal) jak jsi starý? m, (informal) jak jsi stará? f Dakota: waniyetu nitonakeca he? Danish: hvor gammel er du? Dutch: hoe oud ben je? (informal), hoe oud bent u? (formal) Esperanto: kiom vi aĝas? Estonian: kui vana sa oled?, kui vana te olete? Finnish: kuinka vanha olet?, minkä ikäinen olet? French: quel âge as-tu? (informal), quel âge avez-vous? (formal) Galician: cantos anos tes? (informal), cantos anos ten? (formal) Georgian: (formal) რამდენი წლისა ხართ (ramdeni c̣lisa xart) German: wie alt bist du? (informal), wie alt sind Sie? (formal) Greek: πόσο χρονών είσαι; (póso chronón eísai?) (informal), πόσο χρονών είσαστε; (póso chronón eísaste?) (formal) Hebrew: בן כמה אתה‎ m (ben káma atá), בת כמה את‎ f (bat kama at) Hindi: आपकी आयु कितनी है ? (āpkī āyu kitnī hai ?), आपकी उम्र कितनी है ? (āpkī umra kitnī hai ?), तुम्हारी आयु कितनी है? (tumhārī āyu kitnī hai?), तुम्हारी उम्र कितनी है? (tumhārī umra kitnī hai?) Hungarian: (formal) hány éves? / ön hány éves?, (informal) hány éves vagy?; (if the exact number is not indispensable) (formal), mennyi idős? / ön mennyi idős?, (informal) mennyi idős vagy? Icelandic: hvað ertu gamall? (male), hvað ertu gömul? (female) Ido: quante vu evas? Italian: quanti anni hai? (informal), quanti anni ha? (formal) Jamaican Creole: yuh a how much?, how old yuh be? Japanese: 何歳ですか？ (なんさいですか？, nansai desu ka?), おいくつですか？ (o-ikutsu desu ka?) (to a child) Jeju: 멧 ᄉᆞᆯ이우꽈? (Met sawriukkwa?) (polite), 느 멧 ᄉᆞᆯ? (Neu met sawl?) (very casual) Jingpho: na asak kade rai?, nang asak kade rai ta? Kapampangan: pilan nakang banwa?, pilang banwa naka?, pilan naka? Karachay-Balkar: ненча джыл болду санга? (nença cıl boldu saña?), сеннге ненча джыл болады? (senñe nença cıl boladı?) Kazakh: неше жастасын? (neşe jastasyn?) (informal), неше жастасыз? (neşe jastasyz?) (formal), нешедесің? (neşedesıñ?) (informal), нешедесіз? (neşedesız?) (formal) Khmer: តើ​អ្នក​មាន​អាយុ​ប៉ុន្មាន​ហើយ? (taə neak mien ’aayu’ ponmaan haǝy) Korean: 나이가 어떻게 되세요? (Naiga eotteoke doeseyo?), 몇살입니까? (Myeotsarimnikka?), 몇 살이에요? (Myeot sarieyo?), 연세가 어떻게 되세요? (Yeonsega eotteoke doeseyo?) (very polite) Latin: quot annos habes?, quot annos nata es Low German: German Low German: wo oolt büst du? (informal), wo oolt sünd Se? (formal), wo oolt sünd Ji? (both plural and informal, plural) Luxembourgish: wéi al bass du? (informal), wéi al sidd Dir? (formal) Macedonian: ко́лку го́дини и́мате? (kólku gódini ímate?) (formal), ко́лку го́дини и́маш (kólku gódini ímaš) (informal) Maltese: kemm għandek żmien?, kemm għandek sninen? Maori: e hia ō tau? Mongolian: та хэдэн настай вэ? (ta xeden nastaj ve?) (formal), чи хэдэн настай вэ? (či xeden nastaj ve?) (informal) Navajo: díkwíí ninááhai kʼad?, díkwíísh ninááhai?, díkwíí shąʼ ninááhai? Ngazidja Comorian: e ngawena maha minga ? Northern Sami: man boaris don leat? Norwegian: Bokmål: hvor gammel er du?, hvor gammel er De? (very formal) Nynorsk: kor gamal er du?, kor gammal er du? Ojibwe: aaniin endaso-biboonagiziyan? Old English: hū eald eart þū? Palauan: ng tela rekim? Pangasinan: pigay taon mula? Persian: چند سالت است؟‎ (čand sâlet ast?) Polish: (informal) ile masz lat?, (formal, to a man) ile ma Pan lat?, (formal, to a woman) ile ma Pani lat? Portuguese: quantos anos você tem?, qual a sua idade? Romani: kazom berśa si tut? sg, kazom berśa si tumen? pl Romanian: câți ani ai? (informal), ce vârstă aveți? (formal) Russian: ско́лько вам лет? (skólʹko vam let?) (formal), ско́лько тебе́ лет? (skólʹko tebé let?) (informal) Scots: how auld ur ye? Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: колико имате година? (formal), колико имаш година? (informal) Roman: koliko imate godina? (formal), koliko imaš godina? (informal) Slovak: (formal) koľko je vám rokov?, koľko máte rokov?, (informal) koľko je tebe rokov?, koľko máš rokov? Slovene: (formal) koliko let imate?, (informal) koliko let imaš? Spanish: ¿cuántos años tienes? (informal), ¿qué edad tiene? (formal) Swedish: hur gammal är du? Tagalog: ilang taong gulang ka na? Tajik: Шумо чанд сола ҳастед? (Šumo čand sola hasted?) Tamil: உங்கள் வயது என்ன? (uṅkaḷ vayatu eṉṉa?) Telugu: నీ వయసెంత? (nī vayasenta?), మీ వయసెంత? (mī vayasenta?) (respectful) Thai: คุณอายุเท่าไร (kun aa-yú tâo-rai) Tibetan: ཁྱེད་རང་ལོ་ག་ཚོད་རེད། (khyed rang lo ga tshod red) Turkish: kaç yaşındasın? (informal, singular), kaç yaşındasınız? (formal, plural), yaşın kaç? (very informal, singular), yaşınız kaç? (formal, plural) Tuvan: каш харлыг силер? (kaş xarlıg siler?) (formal), каш харлыг сен? (kaş xarlıg sen?) (informal) Ukrainian: скі́льки вам ро́ків? (skílʹky vam rókiv?) (formal), скі́льки тобі́ ро́ків (skílʹky tobí rókiv) (informal) Urdu: آپ کی عمر کتنی ہے؟‎ (āp kī umr kitnī hai?), تمہاری عمر کتنی ہے؟‎ (tumhārī umr kitnī hai?), آپ کتنے سال کے ہو؟‎ m (āp kitne sāl ke ho?) (formal), آپ کتنی سال کی ہیں؟‎ f (āp kitni sāl ki hẽ?), تم کتنے سال کے ہو؟‎ m (tum kitne sāl ke ho?) (informal), تم کتنی سال کی ہو؟‎ (ur) (tum kitni sāl ki ho?) Vietnamese: bạn bao nhiêu tuổi? (replace bạn with an appropriate pronoun) Volapük: lifayelis liomödotik labol-li? Yiddish: ווי אַלט ביסטו?‎ (vi alt bistu?), ווי אַלט זענט איר?‎ (vi alt zent ir?) (formal) Yoruba: ọmọ ọdún mélòó ni yín? (polite), ọmọ ọdún mélòó ni ẹ́? (casual) Yup'ik: qavcinek allrakungqercit? Zazaki: tı çend serê yê?, serê to çend ê? Zulu: uneminyaka emingaki?

See also

• I'm ... year(s) old
• I'm twenty years old

Etymology 2

Word by word translation of Chinese 怎麼老是你？/怎么老是你？ (Zěnme lǎoshì nǐ?, “Why is it always you?”)

Phrase

How old are you?

1. (China, humorous) Why is it always you? You again?